From 2926e1d9b1a7fb2c74c8be00d03492a19028645a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Farah <mikefarah@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:22:22 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Improved set path example

---
 operators/path.md | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/operators/path.md b/operators/path.md
index 2ac89c16..34c7c667 100644
--- a/operators/path.md
+++ b/operators/path.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ a:
 ```
 
 ## Set path to extract prune deep paths
-Like pick but recursive.
+Like pick but recursive. This uses `ireduce` to deeply set the selected paths into an empty object,
 
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ parentC:
 ```
 then
 ```bash
-yq '(.parentB.child2, .parentC.child1) as $i ireduce({}; setpath($i | path; $i))' sample.yml
+yq '(.parentB.child2, .parentC.child1) as $i
+  ireduce({}; setpath($i | path; $i))' sample.yml
 ```
 will output
 ```yaml