diff --git a/edges.scad b/edges.scad
index 3dfbe3c..11c4c62 100644
--- a/edges.scad
+++ b/edges.scad
@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ function _edge_set(v) =
 
 /// Internal Function: _normalize_edges()
 /// Topics: Edges
-// Usage:
-//   edges = _normalize_edges(v);
-// Description:
-//   Normalizes all values in an edge array to be `1`, if it was originally greater than `0`,
-//   or `0`, if it was originally less than or equal to `0`.
-// See Also:  edges(), EDGES_NONE, EDGES_ALL
+/// Usage:
+///   edges = _normalize_edges(v);
+/// Description:
+///   Normalizes all values in an edge array to be `1`, if it was originally greater than `0`,
+///   or `0`, if it was originally less than or equal to `0`.
+/// See Also:  edges(), EDGES_NONE, EDGES_ALL
 function _normalize_edges(v) = [for (ax=v) [for (edge=ax) edge>0? 1 : 0]];
 
 
diff --git a/paths.scad b/paths.scad
index f3fa9a0..53f78fb 100644
--- a/paths.scad
+++ b/paths.scad
@@ -1021,7 +1021,11 @@ function _path_cuts_dir(path, cuts, closed=false, eps=1e-2) =
 function path_cut(path,cutdist,closed) =
   is_num(cutdist) ? path_cut(path,[cutdist],closed) :
   assert(is_vector(cutdist))
-  assert(last(cutdist)<path_length(path,closed=closed),"Cut distances must be smaller than the path length")
+  
+  assert(last(cutdist)<path_length(path,closed=closed),
+           approx(last(cutdist),path_length(path,closed=closed)) ?
+                "Last cut distance is the full path: don't include the final end as a cut" :
+                "Cut distances must be smaller than the path length")
   assert(cutdist[0]>0, "Cut distances must be strictly positive")
   let(
       cutlist = path_cut_points(path,cutdist,closed=closed),