diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index d4ea034c..32880ca2 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ See https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/ for detailed documentation and examples.`,
 cat myfile.yml | yq '.stuff' 
 
 # update myfile.yml in place
-yq -i '.stuff = "foo"' myfile.yml # update myfile.yml inplace
+yq -i '.stuff = "foo"' myfile.yml
+
+# print contents of sample.json as idiomatic YAML
+yq -P '.' sample.json
 `,
 
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {