diff --git a/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/documenting-your-api.adoc b/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/documenting-your-api.adoc
index 0a07f13e..7fd84cdf 100644
--- a/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/documenting-your-api.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/documenting-your-api.adoc
@@ -92,10 +92,14 @@ must be compatible with `application/xml`.
 [[documenting-your-api-request-response-payloads-json-field-paths]]
 ===== JSON field paths
 
-JSON field paths use `.` or bracket notation to descend into a child object and `[]` to
-identify an array. Using bracket notation enables the use of `.` within a key name.
+JSON field paths use either dot notation or bracket notation. Dot notation uses '.' to
+separate each key in the path; `a.b`, for example. Bracket notation wraps each key in
+square brackets and single quotes; `['a']['b']`, for example. In either case, `[]` is used
+to identify an array. Dot notation is more concise, but using bracket notation enables the
+use of `.` within a key name; `['a.b']`, for example. The two different notations can be
+used in the same path; `a['b']`, for example.
 
-For example, with this JSON payload:
+With this JSON payload:
 
 [source,json,indent=0]
 ----
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/JsonFieldPath.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/JsonFieldPath.java
index e546a115..aca86bcb 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/JsonFieldPath.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/JsonFieldPath.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ final class JsonFieldPath {
 	private static final Pattern BRACKETS_AND_ARRAY_PATTERN = Pattern
 			.compile("\\[\'(.+?)\'\\]|\\[([0-9]+|\\*){0,1}\\]");
 
-
 	private static final Pattern ARRAY_INDEX_PATTERN = Pattern
 			.compile("\\[([0-9]+|\\*){0,1}\\]");
 
@@ -85,34 +84,35 @@ final class JsonFieldPath {
 
 		int previous = 0;
 
-		List<String> tokens = new ArrayList<>();
+		List<String> segments = new ArrayList<>();
 		while (matcher.find()) {
 			if (previous != matcher.start()) {
-				tokens.addAll(expandToken(path.substring(previous, matcher.start())));
+				segments.addAll(extractDotSeparatedSegments(path.substring(previous,
+						matcher.start())));
 			}
 			if (matcher.group(1) != null) {
-				tokens.add(matcher.group(1));
-			} else {
-				tokens.add(matcher.group());
+				segments.add(matcher.group(1));
+			}
+			else {
+				segments.add(matcher.group());
 			}
 			previous = matcher.end(0);
 		}
 
 		if (previous < path.length()) {
-			tokens.addAll(expandToken(path.substring(previous)));
+			segments.addAll(extractDotSeparatedSegments(path.substring(previous)));
 		}
 
-		return tokens;
+		return segments;
 	}
 
-	private static List<String> expandToken(String token) {
-		String[] tokens = token.split("\\.");
-		List<String> expandedTokens = new ArrayList<>();
-		for (String aToken : tokens) {
-			if (aToken.length() > 0) {
-				expandedTokens.add(aToken);
+	private static List<String> extractDotSeparatedSegments(String path) {
+		List<String> segments = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (String segment : path.split("\\.")) {
+			if (segment.length() > 0) {
+				segments.add(segment);
 			}
 		}
-		return expandedTokens;
+		return segments;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/JsonFieldProcessorTests.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/JsonFieldProcessorTests.java
index bc61a338..35ed2d64 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/JsonFieldProcessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/JsonFieldProcessorTests.java
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ public class JsonFieldProcessorTests {
 		List<List<Map<String, String>>> alpha = Arrays.asList(
 				Arrays.asList(entry1, entry2), Arrays.asList(entry3));
 		payload.put("a", alpha);
-		assertThat(this.fieldProcessor.extract(JsonFieldPath.compile("a[][].id"), payload),
+		assertThat(
+				this.fieldProcessor.extract(JsonFieldPath.compile("a[][].id"), payload),
 				equalTo((Object) Arrays.asList("1", "2", "3")));
 	}
 
@@ -124,15 +125,15 @@ public class JsonFieldProcessorTests {
 		List<List<Map<String, Object>>> alpha = Arrays.asList(
 				Arrays.asList(entry1, entry2), Arrays.asList(entry3));
 		payload.put("a", alpha);
-		assertThat(this.fieldProcessor.extract(JsonFieldPath.compile("a[][].ids"), payload),
-				equalTo((Object) Arrays.asList(Arrays.asList(1, 2), Arrays.asList(3),
-						Arrays.asList(4))));
+		assertThat(this.fieldProcessor.extract(JsonFieldPath.compile("a[][].ids"),
+				payload), equalTo((Object) Arrays.asList(Arrays.asList(1, 2),
+				Arrays.asList(3), Arrays.asList(4))));
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected = FieldDoesNotExistException.class)
 	public void nonExistentTopLevelField() {
-		this.fieldProcessor
-				.extract(JsonFieldPath.compile("a"), new HashMap<String, Object>());
+		this.fieldProcessor.extract(JsonFieldPath.compile("a"),
+				new HashMap<String, Object>());
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected = FieldDoesNotExistException.class)
@@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ public class JsonFieldProcessorTests {
 		assertThat(payload.size(), equalTo(0));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void extractNestedEntryWithDotInKeys() throws IOException {
+		Map<String, Object> payload = new HashMap<>();
+		Map<String, Object> alpha = new HashMap<>();
+		payload.put("a.key", alpha);
+		alpha.put("b.key", "bravo");
+		assertThat(this.fieldProcessor.extract(
+				JsonFieldPath.compile("['a.key']['b.key']"), payload),
+				equalTo((Object) "bravo"));
+	}
+
 	private Map<String, String> createEntry(String... pairs) {
 		Map<String, String> entry = new HashMap<>();
 		for (String pair : pairs) {