diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index b2b0bc6a..f3a00cf2 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ yq -P sample.json
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&outputFormat, "output-format", "o", "auto", "[auto|a|yaml|y|json|j|props|p|xml|x] output format type.")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&inputFormat, "input-format", "p", "auto", "[auto|a|yaml|y|props|p|xml|x|toml] parse format for input. Note that json is a subset of yaml.")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&outputFormat, "output-format", "o", "auto", "[auto|a|yaml|y|json|j|props|p|xml|x|tsv|t|csv|c] output format type.")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&inputFormat, "input-format", "p", "auto", "[auto|a|yaml|y|props|p|xml|x|tsv|t|csv|c|toml] parse format for input. Note that json is a subset of yaml.")
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&yqlib.ConfiguredXMLPreferences.AttributePrefix, "xml-attribute-prefix", yqlib.ConfiguredXMLPreferences.AttributePrefix, "prefix for xml attributes")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&yqlib.ConfiguredXMLPreferences.ContentName, "xml-content-name", yqlib.ConfiguredXMLPreferences.ContentName, "name for xml content (if no attribute name is present).")
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_properties.go b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_properties.go
index a447b96a..e2438ee1 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/decoder_properties.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/decoder_properties.go
@@ -95,25 +95,7 @@ func (dec *propertiesDecoder) applyProperty(context Context, properties *propert
 
 	rhsNode.Tag = guessTagFromCustomType(rhsNode)
 
-	rhsCandidateNode := &CandidateNode{
-		Path: path,
-		Node: rhsNode,
-	}
-
-	assignmentOp := &Operation{OperationType: assignOpType, Preferences: assignPreferences{}}
-
-	rhsOp := &Operation{OperationType: referenceOpType, CandidateNode: rhsCandidateNode}
-
-	assignmentOpNode := &ExpressionNode{
-		Operation: assignmentOp,
-		LHS:       createTraversalTree(path, traversePreferences{}, false),
-		RHS:       &ExpressionNode{Operation: rhsOp},
-	}
-
-	_, err := dec.d.GetMatchingNodes(context, assignmentOpNode)
-	// toml?
-	// return dec.d.DeeplyAssign(context, path, rhsNode)
-	return err
+	return dec.d.DeeplyAssign(context, path, rhsNode)
 }
 
 func (dec *propertiesDecoder) Decode() (*CandidateNode, error) {