diff --git a/docs/creating.rst b/docs/creating.rst
index 75da8ed..330dc4c 100644
--- a/docs/creating.rst
+++ b/docs/creating.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ Creating Validation Errors
 
 Any validating function that validates against a subschema should call
 :meth:`ValidatorMixin.descend`, rather than :meth:`ValidatorMixin.iter_errors`.
-If it recurses into the instance, or schema, it must set the ``path`` or
-``schema_path`` in order to properly maintain where in the instance and schema
-the error occurred.
+If it recurses into the instance, or schema, it should pass one or both of the
+``path`` or ``schema_path`` arguments to ``descend`` in order to properly
+maintain where in the instance or schema respsectively the error occurred.