diff --git a/examples/leafnodes.go b/examples/leafnodes.go
index 38c433c..e362184 100644
--- a/examples/leafnodes.go
+++ b/examples/leafnodes.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
    "fmt"
-   "strings"
 
    "github.com/clbanning/mxj"
 )
@@ -46,13 +45,10 @@ func main() {
       fmt.Println("err:", err)
       return
    }
+	mxj.LeafUseDotNotation()
    l := m.LeafNodes()
-
-   // now change the [n] to .n
    for _, v := range l {
-      p := strings.Replace(v.Path, "[", ".", -1)
-      p = strings.Replace(p, "]", "", -1)
-      fmt.Println("path:", p, "value:", v.Value)
+      fmt.Println("path:", v.Path, "value:", v.Value)
    }
    /*
       Output (sequence not guaranteed):
diff --git a/leafnode.go b/leafnode.go
index bea19c5..cf413eb 100644
--- a/leafnode.go
+++ b/leafnode.go
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ type LeafNode struct {
 // LeafNodes - returns an array of all LeafNode values for the Map.
 // The option no_attr argument suppresses attribute values (keys with prepended hyphen, '-')
 // as well as the "#text" key for the associated simple element value.
-//	NOTE: if PrependAttrWithHypen(false), then #test is stripping "#text" key
-//	will result in attributes having .attr-name as terminal node in 'path' while
-//	the path for the element value, itself, will be the base path w/o "#text".
+//
+// PrependAttrWithHypen(false) will result in attributes having .attr-name as 
+// terminal node in 'path' while the path for the element value, itself, will be 
+// the base path w/o "#text". 
+//
+// LeafUseDotNotation(true) causes list members to be identified using ".N" syntax
+// rather than "[N]" syntax.
 func (mv Map) LeafNodes(no_attr ...bool) []LeafNode {
 	var a bool
 	if len(no_attr) == 1 {