diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/doc/Traverse.md b/pkg/yqlib/doc/Traverse.md
index 4442dc1..f9e43f3 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/doc/Traverse.md
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/doc/Traverse.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ c: banana
 ```
 
 ## Special characters
-Use quotes around path elements with special characters
+Use quotes with brackets around path elements with special characters
 
 Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Given a sample.yml file of:
 ```
 then
 ```bash
-yq eval '."{}"' sample.yml
+yq eval '.["{}"]' sample.yml
 ```
 will output
 ```yaml
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_traverse_path_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_traverse_path_test.go
index 51a078e..b4475cc 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_traverse_path_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_traverse_path_test.go
@@ -47,13 +47,21 @@ var traversePathOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 	},
 	{
 		description:    "Special characters",
-		subdescription: "Use quotes around path elements with special characters",
+		subdescription: "Use quotes with brackets around path elements with special characters",
 		document:       `{"{}": frog}`,
-		expression:     `."{}"`,
+		expression:     `.["{}"]`,
 		expected: []string{
 			"D0, P[{}], (!!str)::frog\n",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:    true,
+		document:   `{"flying fox": frog}`,
+		expression: `.["flying fox"]`,
+		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[flying fox], (!!str)::frog\n",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		description:    "Dynamic keys",
 		subdescription: `Expressions within [] can be used to dynamically lookup / calculate keys`,