diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_xml.go b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_xml.go
index a58b3254..a6da9a71 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_xml.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_xml.go
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ func (dec *xmlDecoder) createMap(n *xmlNode) (*yaml.Node, error) {
 
 		if i == 0 {
 			labelNode.HeadComment = dec.processComment(n.HeadComment)
+
+		}
+
+		if i == len(n.Children)-1 {
 			labelNode.FootComment = dec.processComment(n.FootComment)
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/xml.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/xml.md
index eee366c4..64535f3f 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/xml.md
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/xml.md
@@ -22,3 +22,48 @@ XML nodes that have attributes then plain content, e.g:
 
 The content of the node will be set as a field in the map with the key "+content". Use the `--xml-content-name` flag to change this.
 
+## Round trip: with comments
+A best effort is made, but comment positions and white space are not preserved perfectly.
+
+Given a sample.xml file of:
+```xml
+
+<!-- before cat -->
+<cat>
+	<!-- in cat before -->
+	<x>3<!-- multi
+line comment 
+for x --></x>
+	<!-- before y -->
+	<y>
+		<!-- in y before -->
+		<d><!-- in d before -->z<!-- in d after --></d>
+		
+		<!-- in y after -->
+	</y>
+	<!-- in_cat_after -->
+</cat>
+<!-- after cat -->
+
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq e -p=xml '.' sample.xml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+# before cat
+cat:
+  # in cat before
+  x: "3" # multi
+  # line comment 
+  # for x
+  y:
+    # in y before
+    # in d before
+    d: z # in d after
+    # in y after
+  # before y   in_cat_after
+# after cat
+```
+
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/xml_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/xml_test.go
index 15b32255..d8b944cb 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/xml_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/xml_test.go
@@ -254,13 +254,13 @@ var xmlScenarios = []xmlScenario{
 	// 	expected:       expectedXmlWithComments,
 	// 	scenarioType:   "encode",
 	// },
-	// {
-	// 	description:    "Round trip: with comments",
-	// 	subdescription: "A best effort is made, but comment positions and white space are not preserved perfectly.",
-	// 	input:          inputXmlWithComments,
-	// 	expected:       expectedRoundtripXmlWithComments,
-	// 	scenarioType:   "roundtrip",
-	// },
+	{
+		description:    "Round trip: with comments",
+		subdescription: "A best effort is made, but comment positions and white space are not preserved perfectly.",
+		input:          inputXmlWithComments,
+		expected:       expectedRoundtripXmlWithComments,
+		scenarioType:   "roundtrip",
+	},
 }
 
 func testXmlScenario(t *testing.T, s xmlScenario) {