diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_recursive_descent_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_recursive_descent_test.go
index e1a41e7d..0de62417 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_recursive_descent_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_recursive_descent_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 var recursiveDescentOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 	{
+		skipDoc:    true,
 		document:   `cat`,
 		expression: `..`,
 		expected: []string{
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ var recursiveDescentOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 		},
 	},
 	{
+		skipDoc:    true,
 		document:   `{a: frog}`,
 		expression: `..`,
 		expected: []string{
@@ -21,8 +23,9 @@ var recursiveDescentOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 		},
 	},
 	{
-		document:   `{a: {b: apple}}`,
-		expression: `..`,
+		description: "Map",
+		document:    `{a: {b: apple}}`,
+		expression:  `..`,
 		expected: []string{
 			"D0, P[], (!!map)::{a: {b: apple}}\n",
 			"D0, P[a], (!!map)::{b: apple}\n",
@@ -30,8 +33,9 @@ var recursiveDescentOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 		},
 	},
 	{
-		document:   `[1,2,3]`,
-		expression: `..`,
+		description: "Array",
+		document:    `[1,2,3]`,
+		expression:  `..`,
 		expected: []string{
 			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::[1, 2, 3]\n",
 			"D0, P[0], (!!int)::1\n",
@@ -40,8 +44,9 @@ var recursiveDescentOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 		},
 	},
 	{
-		document:   `[{a: cat},2,true]`,
-		expression: `..`,
+		description: "Array of maps",
+		document:    `[{a: cat},2,true]`,
+		expression:  `..`,
 		expected: []string{
 			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::[{a: cat}, 2, true]\n",
 			"D0, P[0], (!!map)::{a: cat}\n",
@@ -51,8 +56,9 @@ var recursiveDescentOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 		},
 	},
 	{
-		document:   `{a: &cat {c: frog}, b: *cat}`,
-		expression: `..`,
+		description: "Aliases are not traversed",
+		document:    `{a: &cat {c: frog}, b: *cat}`,
+		expression:  `..`,
 		expected: []string{
 			"D0, P[], (!!map)::{a: &cat {c: frog}, b: *cat}\n",
 			"D0, P[a], (!!map)::&cat {c: frog}\n",
@@ -61,8 +67,9 @@ var recursiveDescentOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 		},
 	},
 	{
-		document:   mergeDocSample,
-		expression: `.foobar | ..`,
+		description: "Merge docs are not traversed",
+		document:    mergeDocSample,
+		expression:  `.foobar | ..`,
 		expected: []string{
 			"D0, P[foobar], (!!map)::c: foobar_c\n!!merge <<: *foo\nthing: foobar_thing\n",
 			"D0, P[foobar c], (!!str)::foobar_c\n",
@@ -71,6 +78,7 @@ var recursiveDescentOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 		},
 	},
 	{
+		skipDoc:    true,
 		document:   mergeDocSample,
 		expression: `.foobarList | ..`,
 		expected: []string{
@@ -88,4 +96,5 @@ func TestRecursiveDescentOperatorScenarios(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range recursiveDescentOperatorScenarios {
 		testScenario(t, &tt)
 	}
+	documentScenarios(t, "Recursive Descent Operator", recursiveDescentOperatorScenarios)
 }