diff --git a/docs/docs/querying.md b/docs/docs/querying.md
index a6443e4..c35f8ab 100644
--- a/docs/docs/querying.md
+++ b/docs/docs/querying.md
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ for element in tree.select("[class^=par-]"):
 # Element(name=QualName(local="p", ns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", prefix=None), attrs=[(QualName(local="class"), "par-one")], template=false, integration_point=false)
 # Element(name=QualName(local="p", ns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", prefix=None), attrs=[(QualName(local="class"), "par-two")], template=false, integration_point=false)
 
-print(tree.select_one("p", offset=3))
+print(tree.select_one("p", offset=2))
 # Element(name=QualName(local="p", ns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", prefix=None), attrs=[(QualName(local="class"), "end-par")], template=false, integration_point=false)
 
-for element in tree.select("[class*=par]", offset=3, limit=1):
+for element in tree.select("[class*=par]", offset=2, limit=1):
     print(element)
 # Element(name=QualName(local="p", ns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", prefix=None), attrs=[(QualName(local="class"), "end-par")], template=false, integration_point=false)
 ```
diff --git a/python/markupever/iterators.py b/python/markupever/iterators.py
index 84c6524..b08b5cf 100644
--- a/python/markupever/iterators.py
+++ b/python/markupever/iterators.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.__raw = iter(_rustlib.Select(value._raw, expr))
 
         self.__limit = limit or -1
-        self.__offset = offset - 1
+        self.__offset = offset
 
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
diff --git a/python/tests/test_dom.py b/python/tests/test_dom.py
index 7220e41..65f2aca 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_dom.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_dom.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def test_select():
     assert count == 1
 
     count = 0
-    for tag in dom.select("p", offset=3):
+    for tag in dom.select("p", offset=2):
         count += 1
         assert isinstance(tag, markupever.dom.Element)
         assert tag.name == "p"
@@ -341,6 +341,15 @@ def test_select():
 
     assert count == 1
 
+    # offset is the 0-based position of the first match.
+    assert [tag.id for tag in dom.select("p", offset=0)] == ["title", "text", None]
+    assert [tag.id for tag in dom.select("p", offset=1)] == ["text", None]
+    assert [tag.id for tag in dom.select("p", offset=1, limit=1)] == ["text"]
+    assert list(dom.select("p", offset=3)) == []
+    assert dom.select_one("p", offset=0).id == "title"
+    assert dom.select_one("p", offset=1).id == "text"
+    assert dom.select_one("p", offset=3) is None
+
     tag = dom.select_one("nav.nav2")
     assert tag.name == "nav"
     assert tag.class_list == ["nav2"]