diff --git a/spec/oga/xpath/compiler/axes/child_spec.rb b/spec/oga/xpath/compiler/axes/child_spec.rb
index d4526ac..4173178 100644
--- a/spec/oga/xpath/compiler/axes/child_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/oga/xpath/compiler/axes/child_spec.rb
@@ -1,24 +1,44 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Oga::XPath::Compiler do
-  describe 'child axis' do
-    before do
-      @document = parse('<a><b></b></a>')
+  before do
+    @document = parse('<a><b></b></a>')
 
-      @a1 = @document.children[0]
-      @b1 = @a1.children[0]
+    @a1 = @document.children[0]
+    @b1 = @a1.children[0]
+  end
+
+  describe 'relative to a document' do
+    describe 'child::a' do
+      it 'returns a NodeSet' do
+        evaluate_xpath(@document).should == node_set(@a1)
+      end
     end
 
-    it 'returns a node set containing a direct child node' do
-      evaluate_xpath(@document, 'child::a').should == node_set(@a1)
+    describe 'child::a/child::b' do
+      it 'returns a NodeSet' do
+        evaluate_xpath(@document).should == node_set(@b1)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'relative to an element' do
+    describe 'child::a' do
+      it 'returns an empty NodeSet' do
+        evaluate_xpath(@a1).should == node_set
+      end
     end
 
-    it 'returns a node set containing a nested child node' do
-      evaluate_xpath(@document, 'child::a/child::b').should == node_set(@b1)
+    describe 'child::b' do
+      it 'returns a NodeSet' do
+        evaluate_xpath(@a1).should == node_set(@b1)
+      end
     end
 
-    it 'returns an empty node set for non existing child nodes' do
-      evaluate_xpath(@document, 'child::x').should == node_set
+    describe 'child::x' do
+      it 'returns an empty NodeSet' do
+        evaluate_xpath(@a1).should == node_set
+      end
     end
   end
 end