Update path documentation.

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 )
 
 /*
-A Path is an object that represents an optimized version of an
-XPath-like search string.  Although path strings are XPath-like,
-only the following limited syntax is supported:
-
-    .               Selects the current element
-    ..              Selects the parent of the current element
-    *               Selects all child elements
-    //              Selects all descendants of the current element
-    tag             Selects all child elements with the given tag
-    [#]             Selects the element of the given index (1-based,
-                      negative starts from the end)
-    [@attrib]       Selects all elements with the given attribute
-    [@attrib='val'] Selects all elements with the given attribute set to val
-    [tag]           Selects all elements with a child element named tag
-    [tag='val']     Selects all elements with a child element named tag
-                      and text matching val
-    [text()]        Selects all elements with non-empty text
-    [text()='val']  Selects all elements whose text matches val
+A Path is an object that represents an optimized version of an XPath-like
+search string. A path search string is a slash-separated series of "selectors"
+allowing traversal through an XML hierarchy. Although etree path strings are
+similar to XPath strings, they have a more limited set of selectors and
+filtering options. The following selectors and filters are supported by etree
+paths:
+
+    .               Select the current element.
+    ..              Select the parent of the current element.
+    *               Select all child elements of the current element.
+    /               Select the root element when used at the start of a path.
+    //              Select all descendants of the current element. If used at
+                      the start of a path, select all descendants of the root.
+    tag             Select all child elements with the given tag.
+    [#]             Select the element of the given index (1-based,
+                      negative starts from the end).
+    [@attrib]       Select all elements with the given attribute.
+    [@attrib='val'] Select all elements with the given attribute set to val.
+    [tag]           Select all elements with a child element named tag.
+    [tag='val']     Select all elements with a child element named tag
+                      and text matching val.
+    [text()]        Select all elements with non-empty text.
+    [text()='val']  Select all elements whose text matches val.
 
 Examples:
 
-Starting from the root element, select the bookstore child element:
-	/bookstore
+Select the bookstore child element of the root element:
+    /bookstore
 
-Starting from the root element, select the title elements of all descendant
-book elements having a 'category' attribute of 'WEB':
+Beginning a search from the root element, select the title elements of all
+descendant book elements having a 'category' attribute of 'WEB':
     //book[@category='WEB']/title
 
-Select the first book element with a title child containing the text
-'Great Expectations':
+Beginning a search from the current element, select the first descendant book
+element with a title child containing the text 'Great Expectations':
     .//book[title='Great Expectations'][1]
 
-Starting from the current element, select all children of book elements
-with an attribute 'language' set to 'english':
+Beginning a search from the current element, select all children of book
+elements with an attribute 'language' set to 'english':
     ./book/*[@language='english']
 
-Starting from the current element, select all children of book elements
-containing the text 'special':
+Beginning a search from the current element, select all children of book
+elements containing the text 'special':
     ./book/*[text()='special']
 
-Select all descendant book elements whose title element has an attribute
-'language' set to 'french':
+Beginning a search from the current element, select all descendant book
+elements whose title element has an attribute 'language' equal to 'french':
     .//book/title[@language='french']/..
 
 */