diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/path/path_.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/path/path_.rs
index b9af3b3949..5fe335a0b8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/path/path_.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/path/path_.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ impl Command for PathCommand {
 * As a structured path: a table with 'parent', 'stem', and 'extension' (and
 * 'prefix' on Windows) columns. This format is produced by the 'path parse'
   subcommand.
-* As an inner list of path parts, e.g., '[[ / home viking spam.txt ]]'.
-  Splitting into parts is done by the `path split` command.
+* As a list of path parts, e.g., '[ / home viking spam.txt ]'. Splitting into
+  parts is done by the `path split` command.
 
 All subcommands accept all three variants as an input. Furthermore, the 'path
 join' subcommand can be used to join the structured path or path parts back into