*elem* is an element tree or an individual element.
-.. function:: fromstring(text)
+.. function:: fromstring(text, parser=None)
Parses an XML section from a string constant. Same as :func:`XML`. *text*
- is a string containing XML data. Returns an :class:`Element` instance.
+ is a string containing XML data. *parser* is an optional parser instance.
+ If not given, the standard :class:`XMLParser` parser is used.
+ Returns an :class:`Element` instance.
.. function:: fromstringlist(sequence, parser=None)