diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index ae688a3470..7636c3d02b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -4881,11 +4881,19 @@ function get_page_by_path( $page_path, $output = OBJECT, $post_type = 'page' ) {
 /**
  * Retrieve a page given its title.
  *
+ * If more than one post uses the same title, the post with the smallest ID will be returned.
+ * Be careful: in case of more than one post having the same title, it will check the oldest
+ * publication date, not the smallest ID.
+ *
+ * Because this function uses the MySQL '=' comparison, $page_title will usually be matched
+ * as case-insensitive with default collation.
+ *
  * @since 2.1.0
+ * @since 3.0.0 The `$post_type` parameter was added.
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
- * @param string       $page_title Page title
+ * @param string       $page_title Page title.
  * @param string       $output     Optional. The required return type. One of OBJECT, ARRAY_A, or ARRAY_N, which correspond to
  *                                 a WP_Post object, an associative array, or a numeric array, respectively. Default OBJECT.
  * @param string|array $post_type  Optional. Post type or array of post types. Default 'page'.
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 2976c02554..2f97c45fae 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.3-alpha-45778';
+$wp_version = '5.3-alpha-45779';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.