From fb19fda855a44b7484b85546713957f8d07a3283 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Conor Cafferkey <conor.cafferkey@sociomantic.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 13:46:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Updated docs for ReactWrapper.instance() #1669

---
 docs/api/ReactWrapper/instance.md   | 6 ++----
 docs/api/mount.md                   | 4 ++--
 packages/enzyme/src/ReactWrapper.js | 6 ++----
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/api/ReactWrapper/instance.md b/docs/api/ReactWrapper/instance.md
index 7b44e447c..03e9e46c3 100644
--- a/docs/api/ReactWrapper/instance.md
+++ b/docs/api/ReactWrapper/instance.md
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 # `.instance() => ReactComponent`
 
-Gets the instance of the component being rendered as the root node passed into `mount()`.
-
-NOTE: can only be called on a wrapper instance that is also the root instance.
+Returns the wrapper's underlying instance.
 
 
 
 #### Returns
 
-`ReactComponent`: The component instance.
+`ReactComponent|DOMComponent`: The retrieved instance.
 
 
 
diff --git a/docs/api/mount.md b/docs/api/mount.md
index 4f8ca6f24..1352e26fc 100644
--- a/docs/api/mount.md
+++ b/docs/api/mount.md
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ Manually sets props of the root component.
 #### [`.setContext(context) => ReactWrapper`](ReactWrapper/setContext.md)
 Manually sets context of the root component.
 
-#### [`.instance() => ReactComponent`](ReactWrapper/instance.md)
-Returns the instance of the root component.
+#### [`.instance() => ReactComponent|DOMComponent`](ReactWrapper/instance.md)
+Returns the wrapper's underlying instance.
 
 #### [`.unmount() => ReactWrapper`](ReactWrapper/unmount.md)
 A method that un-mounts the component.
diff --git a/packages/enzyme/src/ReactWrapper.js b/packages/enzyme/src/ReactWrapper.js
index 96f5f117c..2d6ebce10 100644
--- a/packages/enzyme/src/ReactWrapper.js
+++ b/packages/enzyme/src/ReactWrapper.js
@@ -191,9 +191,7 @@ class ReactWrapper {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Gets the instance of the component being rendered as the root node passed into `mount()`.
-   *
-   * NOTE: can only be called on a wrapper instance that is also the root instance.
+   * Returns the wrapper's underlying instance.
    *
    * Example:
    * ```
@@ -201,7 +199,7 @@ class ReactWrapper {
    * const inst = wrapper.instance();
    * expect(inst).to.be.instanceOf(MyComponent);
    * ```
-   * @returns {ReactComponent}
+   * @returns {ReactComponent|DOMComponent}
    */
   instance() {
     if (this.length !== 1) {