From 87225d612de478b752136301651576e8450893c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Akshit Boora Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:06:43 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Fix geometric selection docs for PBC (#2166) --- .../sphinx/source/documentation_pages/selections.rst | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/selections.rst b/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/selections.rst index e2a020969c6..1398997d15c 100644 --- a/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/selections.rst +++ b/package/doc/sphinx/source/documentation_pages/selections.rst @@ -302,12 +302,10 @@ prop [abs] *property* *operator* *value* .. note:: - By default periodicity **is** taken into account with geometric - selections, i.e. selections will find atoms that are in different - periodic images. - To control this behaviour, use the boolean ``"periodic"`` keyword - argument of :meth:`~MDAnalysis.core.groups.AtomGroup.select_atoms`. - + Geometric selections internally use capped distance searches together + with periodic KD-trees to correctly handle periodic boundary conditions + (PBC). This ensures that atom selections follow the minimum image + convention when computing distances across periodic boundaries. Similarity and connectivity ---------------------------