diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad9e49c..20165d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,15 +44,16 @@ const options = {
   stat: true
 };
 
-await walk('.', options);
+walk('.', options)
+  .then(() => {
+    console.log('total bytes in "."', ctx.total);
+  });
 
-console.log('total bytes in "."', ctx.total);
-
-// executed in the await-walk package root it will print something like
+// executed in the action-walk package root it will print something like
 // total bytes in "." 14778
 ```
 
-see `test/basics.test.js` for another example.
+see `test/basics.test.js` or `bin/walk.js` for other examples.
 
 ### api
 
@@ -63,9 +64,9 @@ options
 - `fileAction` - called for each file and, if `options.linkAction` is not set, each symbolic link.
 - `linkAction` - called for each symbolic link when `options.linkAction` is set.
 - `otherAction` - called when the entry is not a file, directory, or symbolic link.
-- `stat` - if `lstat` call `fs.lstat` on the entry and add it to the action context. if
-otherwise truthy use `fs.stat`.
-- `own` - add this to the action context. it is context for the action functions.
+- `stat` - if `'lstat'` call `fs.lstat` on the entry and add it to the action context's `stat`
+property. if otherwise truthy use `fs.stat`.
+- `own` - add this to the action context. it is your context for the action functions.
 
 It's possible to call `walk()` with no options but probably not useful unless
 all you're wanting to do is seed the disk cache with directory entries. The
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ will be `test/basics.test.js`.
 {
   dirent, // the fs.Dirent object for the directory entry
   stat,   // if `options.stat` the object returned by `fs.stat` or `fs.lstat`
+  stack,  // the stack of directories above the current dirent item.
   own     // `options.own` if provided.
 }
 ```
diff --git a/action-walk.js b/action-walk.js
index 07a901c..0473f85 100644
--- a/action-walk.js
+++ b/action-walk.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ async function walk (dir, options = {}) {
   } else if (options.stat) {
     stat = 'stat';
   }
+  const stack = [];
 
   if (options.fileAction) {
     fileAction = async (filepath, ctx) => options.fileAction(filepath, ctx);
@@ -31,13 +32,14 @@ async function walk (dir, options = {}) {
   // walk through a directory tree calling user functions for each entry.
   //
   async function walker (dir) {
+    stack.push(path.basename(dir));
     for await (const dirent of await fsp.opendir(dir)) {
       let entry = path.join(dir, dirent.name);
       // path.join refuses to start a path with '.'
       if (dir === '.' || dir.startsWith('./')) {
         entry = './' + entry;
       }
-      const ctx = {dirent};
+      const ctx = {dirent, stack};
       if (options.own) {
         ctx.own = options.own;
       }
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ async function walk (dir, options = {}) {
         otherAction && await otherAction(entry, ctx);
       }
     }
+    stack.pop();
     return undefined;
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2184e80..df82172 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "action-walk",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "description": "walk a directory tree performing actions",
   "main": "action-walk.js",
   "engines": {