jquery/api.jquery.com — pull request #438 by jugglinmike (2014-01-27 19:33:48+00:00)
Title: Correct description of insertion cloning behavior

When an element is to be inserted in multiple locations in the DOM, all
four of these manipulation methods behave in the same way: they insert a
clone for all but the *last* matched location.

From jQuery's implementation of the internal `domManip` method [1]:

> Use the original fragment for the last item instead of the first
> because it can end up being emptied incorrectly in certain situations
> (#8070).

[1]
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/988d99ad278c2c9dc16c68f86bddc4df99dcd928/src/manipulation.js#L506-L522