diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/xml.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/xml.md
index 64a22248..729c8dc1 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/xml.md
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/xml.md
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ will output
 <map xmlns="some-namespace" xmlns:xsi="some-instance" some-instance:schemaLocation="some-url"></map>
 ```
 
+instead of
+```xml
+<map xmlns="some-namespace" xsi="some-instance" schemaLocation="some-url"></map>
+```
+
 ## Parse xml: keep raw attribute namespace
 Given a sample.xml file of:
 ```xml
@@ -228,6 +233,11 @@ will output
 <map xmlns="some-namespace" xmlns:xsi="some-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="some-url"></map>
 ```
 
+instead of
+```xml
+<map xmlns="some-namespace" xsi="some-instance" schemaLocation="some-url"></map>
+```
+
 ## Encode xml: simple
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/xml_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/xml_test.go
index cf7fea5f..276f7006 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/xml_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/xml_test.go
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ func documentXMLDecodeKeepNsScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {
 	writeOrPanic(w, "will output\n")
 
 	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```xml\n%v```\n\n", processFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder("+", "+content", false, true, false), NewXMLEncoder(2, "+", "+content"))))
+
+	writeOrPanic(w, "instead of\n")
+	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```xml\n%v```\n\n", processFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder("+", "+content", false, false, false), NewXMLEncoder(2, "+", "+content"))))
 }
 
 func documentXMLDecodeKeepNsRawTokenScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {
@@ -426,6 +429,9 @@ func documentXMLDecodeKeepNsRawTokenScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario)
 	writeOrPanic(w, "will output\n")
 
 	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```xml\n%v```\n\n", processFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder("+", "+content", false, true, true), NewXMLEncoder(2, "+", "+content"))))
+
+	writeOrPanic(w, "instead of\n")
+	writeOrPanic(w, fmt.Sprintf("```xml\n%v```\n\n", processFormatScenario(s, NewXMLDecoder("+", "+content", false, false, false), NewXMLEncoder(2, "+", "+content"))))
 }
 
 func documentXMLEncodeScenario(w *bufio.Writer, s formatScenario) {