diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce0718e79..3398e7a6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - [#1892] AS3 - Package internal custom namespaces
 - Unpin all context menu not clearing pins properly
 - AS3 - RegExp escaping
-- Avoid Error Implicit coercion of a value of type XXX to an unrelated type YYY
+- AS3 - Avoid Error Implicit coercion of a value of type XXX to an unrelated type YYY
+- AS3 - XML - get descendants operator parenthesis 
 
 ## [17.0.2] - 2022-11-22
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/abc/avm2/model/GetDescendantsAVM2Item.java b/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/abc/avm2/model/GetDescendantsAVM2Item.java
index 69b88d505..8f042746e 100644
--- a/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/abc/avm2/model/GetDescendantsAVM2Item.java
+++ b/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/abc/avm2/model/GetDescendantsAVM2Item.java
@@ -65,7 +65,14 @@ public class GetDescendantsAVM2Item extends AVM2Item {
 
     @Override
     public GraphTextWriter appendTo(GraphTextWriter writer, LocalData localData) throws InterruptedException {
-        object.toString(writer, localData);
+        if (object.getPrecedence() > precedence) {
+            writer.append("(");
+            object.toString(writer, localData);
+            writer.append(")");
+        } else {
+            object.toString(writer, localData);
+        }
+        
         writer.append("..");
         return multiname.toString(writer, localData);
     }