diff --git a/caldav/calendarobjectresource.py b/caldav/calendarobjectresource.py
index 43a47a06..12390671 100644
--- a/caldav/calendarobjectresource.py
+++ b/caldav/calendarobjectresource.py
@@ -79,9 +79,17 @@
 
 
 class CalendarObjectResource(DAVObject):
-    """
-    Ref RFC 4791, section 4.1, a "Calendar Object Resource" can be an
+    """Ref RFC 4791, section 4.1, a "Calendar Object Resource" can be an
     event, a todo-item, a journal entry, or a free/busy entry
+
+    As per the RFC, a CalendarObjectResource can at most contain one
+    calendar component, with the exception of recurrence components.
+    Meaning that event.data typically contains one VCALENDAR with one
+    VEVENT and possibly one VTIMEZONE.
+
+    In the case of expanded calendar date searches, each recurrence
+    will (by default) wrapped in a distinct CalendarObjectResource
+    object.  This is a deviation from the definition given in the RFC.
     """
 
     ## There is also STARTTOFINISH, STARTTOSTART and FINISHTOFINISH in RFC9253,
@@ -473,7 +481,7 @@ def _set_icalendar_component(self, value) -> None:
     icalendar_component = property(
         _get_icalendar_component,
         _set_icalendar_component,
-        doc="icalendar component - should not be used with recurrence sets",
+        doc="icalendar component - this is the simplest way to access the event/task - it will give you the first component that isn't a timezone component.  For recurrence sets, the master component will be returned.  For any non-recurring event/task/journal, there should be only one calendar component in the object.  For results from an expanded search, there should be only one calendar component in the object",
     )
 
     component = icalendar_component
diff --git a/tests/test_caldav.py b/tests/test_caldav.py
index c0e2b945..99ae37bd 100644
--- a/tests/test_caldav.py
+++ b/tests/test_caldav.py
@@ -843,6 +843,51 @@ def testSchedulingMailboxes(self):
         inbox = self.principal.schedule_inbox()
         outbox = self.principal.schedule_outbox()
 
+    def testIssue397(self):
+        cal = self._fixCalendar()
+        cal.save_event(
+            """BEGIN:VCALENDAR
+VERSION:2.0
+PRODID:-//PeterB//caldav//en_DK
+BEGIN:VEVENT
+SUMMARY:recurrence with attendee one single item
+DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240101T090000
+DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240101T180000
+UID:test1
+DESCRIPTION:this is the recurrent series
+TRANSP:OPAQUE
+RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=TU,WE,TH
+END:VEVENT
+BEGIN:VEVENT
+SUMMARY:single item
+DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240605T090000
+DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20240605T170000
+UID:test1
+DESCRIPTION:this is the single item assigning a attendee to just one event
+ATTENDEE:foo.bar@corge.baz
+RECURRENCE-ID:20240605T070000Z
+END:VEVENT
+END:VCALENDAR
+"""
+        )
+
+        object_by_id = cal.object_by_uid("test1", comp_class=Event)
+        instance = object_by_id.icalendar_instance
+        events = [
+            event
+            for event in instance.subcomponents
+            if isinstance(event, icalendar.Event)
+        ]
+        assert len(events) == 2
+        object_by_id = cal.object_by_uid("test1", comp_class=None)
+        instance = object_by_id.icalendar_instance
+        events = [
+            event
+            for event in instance.subcomponents
+            if isinstance(event, icalendar.Event)
+        ]
+        assert len(events) == 2
+
     def testPropfind(self):
         """
         Test of the propfind methods. (This is sort of redundant, since
@@ -3001,7 +3046,7 @@ def search(month):
                 event=True,
                 start=datetime(2015, month, 1),
                 end=datetime(2015, month, 2),
-                expand="client",  ## client will be default from 2.0
+                expand=True,
             )
             assert len(recurrence) == 1
             return recurrence[0]