diff --git a/docs/src/pages/components/selects/selects.md b/docs/src/pages/components/selects/selects.md
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@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ It's meant to be an improved version of the "react-select" and "downshift" packa
 
 ## Props
 
+The Select component is implemented as a custom `<input>` element of the [InputBase](/api/input-base/).
+It extends the [text field components](/components/text-fields) sub-components, either the [Input](/api/input/), [FilledInput](/api/filled-input/), or [OutlinedInput](/api/outlined-input/), depending on the variant selected.
+It shares the same styles and many of the same props. Refer to the respective component's API page for details.
+
 ### Filled and outlined variants
 
 {{"demo": "pages/components/selects/SelectVariants.js"}}