diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/recipes.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/recipes.md
index 9e75c425..dc747f20 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/recipes.md
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/usage/recipes.md
@@ -59,6 +59,44 @@ will output
 - The expression `. + 1` increments the numBuckets counter.
 - See the [assign](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/assign-update) and [add](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/add) operators for more information.
 
+## Deeply prune a tree
+Say we are only interested in child1 and child2, and want to filter everything else out.
+
+Given a sample.yml file of:
+```yaml
+parentA:
+  - bob
+parentB:
+  child1: i am child1
+  child3: hiya
+parentC:
+  childX: cool
+  child2: me child2
+```
+then
+```bash
+yq '(
+  .. | # recurse through all the nodes
+  select(has("child1") or has("child2")) | # match parents that have either child1 or child2
+  (.child1, .child2) | # select those children
+  select(.) # filter out nulls
+) as $i ireduce({};  # using that set of nodes, create a new result map
+  setpath($i | path; $i) # and put in each node, using its original path
+)' sample.yml
+```
+will output
+```yaml
+parentB:
+  child1: i am child1
+parentC:
+  child2: me child2
+```
+
+### Explanation:
+- Find all the matching child1 and child2 nodes
+- Using ireduce, create a new map using just those nodes
+- Set each node into the new map using its original path
+
 ## Multiple or complex updates to items in an array
 We have an array and we want to _update_ the elements with a particular name in reference to its type.
 
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/recipes_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/recipes_test.go
index f5167ecf..40dd4c63 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/recipes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/recipes_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ var nestedBashEnvScript = `.. |(
 	( select(kind == "seq") | (path | join("_")) + "=(" + (map("'" + . + "'") | join(",")) + ")")
 )`
 
+var deepPruneExpression = `(
+  .. | # recurse through all the nodes
+  select(has("child1") or has("child2")) | # match parents that have either child1 or child2
+  (.child1, .child2) | # select those children
+  select(.) # filter out nulls
+) as $i ireduce({};  # using that set of nodes, create a new result map
+  setpath($i | path; $i) # and put in each node, using its original path
+)`
+
 var recipes = []expressionScenario{
 	{
 		description:    "Find items in an array",
@@ -46,6 +55,20 @@ var recipes = []expressionScenario{
 			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::[{name: Foo, numBuckets: 1}, {name: Bar, numBuckets: 0}]\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		description:    "Deeply prune a tree",
+		subdescription: "Say we are only interested in child1 and child2, and want to filter everything else out.",
+		document:       `{parentA: [bob],parentB: {child1: i am child1, child3: hiya},parentC: {childX: "cool",child2: me child2}}`,
+		expression:     deepPruneExpression,
+		explanation: []string{
+			"Find all the matching child1 and child2 nodes",
+			"Using ireduce, create a new map using just those nodes",
+			"Set each node into the new map using its original path",
+		},
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[], (!!map)::parentB:\n    child1: i am child1\nparentC:\n    child2: me child2\n",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		description:    "Multiple or complex updates to items in an array",
 		subdescription: "We have an array and we want to _update_ the elements with a particular name in reference to its type.",