add information about valid selectors (#27137)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/site/docs/4.1/getting-started/javascript.md b/site/docs/4.1/getting-started/javascript.md
index 20500c2af..e9fcc5182 100644
--- a/site/docs/4.1/getting-started/javascript.md
+++ b/site/docs/4.1/getting-started/javascript.md
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ $(document).off('.alert.data-api')
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 {% capture callout %}
-##### Escaping selectors
-If you use special selectors, for example: `collapse:Example`, be sure to escape them, because they'll be passed through jQuery.
+## Selectors
+
+Currently to query DOM elements we use the native methods `querySelector` and `querySelectorAll` for performance reasons, so you have to use [valid selectors](https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/syndata.html#value-def-identifier).
+If you use special selectors, for example: `collapse:Example` be sure to escape them.
 {% endcapture %}
 {% include callout.html content=callout type="warning" %}