diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index 093990bf..87176674 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -446,6 +446,11 @@ var coreRenderer = function($window) {
 	var possibleParents = {caption: "table", thead: "table", tbody: "table", tfoot: "table", tr: "tbody", th: "tr", td: "tr", colgroup: "table", col: "colgroup"}
 	function createHTML(parent, vnode, ns, nextSibling) {
 		var match1 = vnode.children.match(/^\s*?<(\w+)/im) || []
+		// not using the proper parent makes the child element(s) vanish.
+		//     var div = document.createElement("div")
+		//     div.innerHTML = "<td>i</td><td>j</td>"
+		//     console.log(div.innerHTML)
+		// --> "ij", no <td> in sight.
 		var temp = $doc.createElement(possibleParents[match1[1]] || "div")
 		if (ns === "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg") {
 			temp.innerHTML = "<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\">" + vnode.children + "</svg>"