diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6dff029b7..ec6cd2eccf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Nokogiri follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/), please see the [REA
 * Documentation has been improved for `CSS.xpath_for`. [#3224] @flavorjones
 * [CRuby] When compiling packaged libraries from source, allow users' `AR` and `LD` environment variables to set the archiver and linker commands, respectively. This augments the existing `CC` environment variable to set the compiler command. [#3165] @ziggythehamster
 * [CRuby] The HTML5 parse methods accept a `:parse_noscript_content_as_text` keyword argument which will emulate the parsing behavior of a browser which has scripting enabled. [#3178, #3231] @stevecheckoway
+* [CRuby] `HTML5::DocumentFragment.parse` and `.new` accept a `:context` keyword argument that is the parse context node or element name. Previously this could only be passed in as a positional argument to `.new` and not at all to `.parse`. @flavorjones
 
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ Nokogiri follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/), please see the [REA
 
 * The undocumented and unused method `Nokogiri::CSS.parse` is now deprecated and will generate a warning. The AST returned by this method is private and subject to change and removal in future versions of Nokogiri. This method will be removed in a future version of Nokogiri.
 * Passing an options hash to `CSS.xpath_for` is now deprecated and will generate a warning. Use keyword arguments instead. This will become an error in a future version of Nokogiri.
+* Passing an options hash to `HTML5::DocumentFragment.parse` is now deprecated and will generate a warning. Use keyword arguments instead. This will become an error in a future version of Nokogiri.
 
 
 ## v1.16.6 / 2024-06-13
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/css.rb b/lib/nokogiri/css.rb
index b8104ca475..c3fe72ec9c 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/css.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/css.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def xpath_for(
         cache: true
       )
         unless options.nil?
-          warn("Passing options as an explicit hash is deprecated. Use keyword arguments instead. This will become an error in a future release.", uplevel: 1, category: :deprecated)
+          warn("Nokogiri::CSS.xpath_for: Passing options as an explicit hash is deprecated. Use keyword arguments instead. This will become an error in a future release.", uplevel: 1, category: :deprecated)
         end
 
         raise(TypeError, "no implicit conversion of #{selector.inspect} to String") unless selector.respond_to?(:to_str)
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/html5.rb b/lib/nokogiri/html5.rb
index 1465e265fe..4e8397dbb2 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/html5.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/html5.rb
@@ -249,11 +249,13 @@ def self.HTML5(input, url = nil, encoding = nil, **options, &block)
   #
   # == Notes
   #
-  # * The Nokogiri::HTML5.fragment function takes a string and parses it as a HTML5 document. The
-  #   +html+, +head+, and +body+ elements are removed from this document, and any children of these
-  #   elements that remain are returned as a Nokogiri::HTML5::DocumentFragment.
+  # * The Nokogiri::HTML5.fragment function takes a String or IO and parses it as a HTML5 document
+  #   in a +body+ context. As a result, the +html+, +head+, and +body+ elements are removed from
+  #   this document, and any children of these elements that remain are returned as a
+  #   Nokogiri::HTML5::DocumentFragment; but you can pass in a different context (e.g., "html" to
+  #   get +head+ and +body+ tags in the result).
   #
-  # * The Nokogiri::HTML5.parse function takes a string and passes it to the
+  # * The Nokogiri::HTML5.parse function takes a String or IO and passes it to the
   #   <code>gumbo_parse_with_options</code> method, using the default options.  The resulting Gumbo
   #   parse tree is then walked.
   #
@@ -273,7 +275,7 @@ def parse(string, url = nil, encoding = nil, **options, &block)
       # Parse a fragment from +string+. Convenience method for
       # Nokogiri::HTML5::DocumentFragment.parse.
       def fragment(string, encoding = nil, **options)
-        DocumentFragment.parse(string, encoding, options)
+        DocumentFragment.parse(string, encoding, **options)
       end
 
       # :nodoc:
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/html5/document_fragment.rb b/lib/nokogiri/html5/document_fragment.rb
index 795ea0f33b..935ac6491d 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/html5/document_fragment.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/html5/document_fragment.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,47 @@ module HTML5
     #
     # 💡 HTML5 functionality is not available when running JRuby.
     class DocumentFragment < Nokogiri::HTML4::DocumentFragment
+      class << self
+        # :call-seq:
+        #   parse(tags, **options)
+        #   parse(tags, encoding = nil, **options)
+        #
+        # Parse an HTML5 document fragment from +tags+, returning a Nodeset.
+        #
+        # [Parameters]
+        # - +tags+ [String, IO] The HTML5 document fragment to parse.
+        # - +encoding+ [String] The name of the encoding to use when parsing the document fragment. (default +nil+)
+        #
+        # Also see Nokogiri::HTML5 for a longer explanation of how encoding is handled by the parser.
+        #
+        # [Options]
+        # - +:context+ [String, Nokogiri::XML::Node] The context in which to parse the document fragment. (default +"body"+)
+        # - +:max_errors+ [Integer] The maximum number of parse errors to record. (default +Nokogiri::Gumbo::DEFAULT_MAX_ERRORS+ which is currently 0)
+        # - +:max_tree_depth+ [Integer] The maximum depth of the parse tree. (default +Nokogiri::Gumbo::DEFAULT_MAX_TREE_DEPTH+)
+        # - +:max_attributes+ [Integer] The maximum number of attributes allowed on an element. (default +Nokogiri::Gumbo::DEFAULT_MAX_ATTRIBUTES+)
+        # - +:parse_noscript_content_as_text+ [Boolean] Whether to parse the content of +noscript+ elements as text. (default +false+)
+        #
+        # Also see Nokogiri::HTML5 for a longer explanation of the options.
+        #
+        # [Returns]
+        # - [Nokogiri::XML::NodeSet] A node set containing the root nodes of the parsed fragment.
+        #
+        def parse(tags, encoding = nil, positional_options_hash = nil, **options)
+          unless positional_options_hash.nil?
+            warn("Nokogiri::HTML5::DocumentFragment.parse: Passing options as an explicit hash is deprecated. Use keyword arguments instead. This will become an error in a future release.", uplevel: 1, category: :deprecated)
+            options.merge!(positional_options_hash)
+          end
+
+          context = options.delete(:context)
+
+          document = HTML5::Document.new
+          document.encoding = "UTF-8"
+          tags = HTML5.read_and_encode(tags, encoding)
+
+          new(document, tags, context, options)
+        end
+      end
+
       attr_accessor :document
       attr_accessor :errors
 
@@ -36,18 +77,20 @@ class DocumentFragment < Nokogiri::HTML4::DocumentFragment
       attr_reader :quirks_mode
 
       # Create a document fragment.
-      def initialize(doc, tags = nil, ctx = nil, options = {}) # rubocop:disable Lint/MissingSuper
-        self.document = doc
-        self.errors = []
+      def initialize(doc, tags = nil, context = nil, options = {}) # rubocop:disable Lint/MissingSuper
+        @document = doc
+        @errors = []
         return self unless tags
 
         tags = Nokogiri::HTML5.read_and_encode(tags, nil)
 
+        context = options.delete(:context) if options.key?(:context)
+
         options[:max_attributes] ||= Nokogiri::Gumbo::DEFAULT_MAX_ATTRIBUTES
         options[:max_errors] ||= options.delete(:max_parse_errors) || Nokogiri::Gumbo::DEFAULT_MAX_ERRORS
         options[:max_tree_depth] ||= Nokogiri::Gumbo::DEFAULT_MAX_TREE_DEPTH
 
-        Nokogiri::Gumbo.fragment(self, tags, ctx, **options)
+        Nokogiri::Gumbo.fragment(self, tags, context, **options)
       end
 
       def serialize(options = {}, &block) # :nodoc:
@@ -56,14 +99,6 @@ def serialize(options = {}, &block) # :nodoc:
         XML::Node.instance_method(:serialize).bind_call(self, options, &block)
       end
 
-      # Parse a document fragment from +tags+, returning a Nodeset.
-      def self.parse(tags, encoding = nil, options = {})
-        doc = HTML5::Document.new
-        tags = HTML5.read_and_encode(tags, encoding)
-        doc.encoding = "UTF-8"
-        new(doc, tags, nil, options)
-      end
-
       def extract_params(params) # :nodoc:
         handler = params.find do |param|
           ![Hash, String, Symbol].include?(param.class)
diff --git a/test/html5/test_api.rb b/test/html5/test_api.rb
index 93c5fb7783..acc4800946 100644
--- a/test/html5/test_api.rb
+++ b/test/html5/test_api.rb
@@ -398,6 +398,44 @@ def initialize(*args)
   end
 
   describe Nokogiri::HTML5::DocumentFragment do
+    describe "passing in context node" do
+      it "to DocumentFragment.new" do
+        fragment = Nokogiri::HTML5::DocumentFragment.new(
+          Nokogiri::HTML5::Document.new,
+          "<body><div>foo</div></body>",
+          "html",
+        )
+        assert_match(/<body>/, fragment.to_s)
+        assert_match(/<head>/, fragment.to_s)
+      end
+
+      describe "to DocumentFragment.parse" do
+        it "as an options hash" do
+          assert_output(nil, /Passing options as an explicit hash is deprecated/) do
+            fragment = Nokogiri::HTML5::DocumentFragment.parse(
+              "<body><div>foo</div></body>",
+              nil,
+              { context: "html" },
+            )
+            assert_match(/<body>/, fragment.to_s)
+            assert_match(/<head>/, fragment.to_s)
+          end
+        end
+
+        it "as keyword argument" do
+          fragment = Nokogiri::HTML5::DocumentFragment.parse("<body><div>foo</div></body>", context: "html")
+          assert_match(/<body>/, fragment.to_s)
+          assert_match(/<head>/, fragment.to_s)
+        end
+      end
+
+      it "to HTML5.fragment" do
+        fragment = Nokogiri::HTML5.fragment("<body><div>foo</div></body>", context: "html")
+        assert_match(/<body>/, fragment.to_s)
+        assert_match(/<head>/, fragment.to_s)
+      end
+    end
+
     describe "subclassing" do
       let(:klass) do
         Class.new(Nokogiri::HTML5::DocumentFragment) do