diff --git a/imageio/imageio-clippath/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/path/AdobePathReader.java b/imageio/imageio-clippath/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/path/AdobePathReader.java
index fefc07c5..88e24d6e 100755
--- a/imageio/imageio-clippath/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/path/AdobePathReader.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-clippath/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/path/AdobePathReader.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import static com.twelvemonkeys.lang.Validate.isTrue;
 import static com.twelvemonkeys.lang.Validate.notNull;
 
 /**
- * Creates a {@code Shape} object from an Adobe Photoshop Path resource.
+ * Reads a {@code Shape} object from an Adobe Photoshop Path resource.
  *
  * @see <a href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/photoshop/fileformatashtml/#50577409_17587">Adobe Photoshop Path resource format</a>
  * @author <a href="mailto:jpalmer@itemmaster.com">Jason Palmer, itemMaster LLC</a>
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-clippath/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/path/AdobePathWriter.java b/imageio/imageio-clippath/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/path/AdobePathWriter.java
index f3f01baf..b7916e31 100755
--- a/imageio/imageio-clippath/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/path/AdobePathWriter.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-clippath/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/path/AdobePathWriter.java
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ import static com.twelvemonkeys.lang.Validate.isTrue;
 import static com.twelvemonkeys.lang.Validate.notNull;
 
 /**
- * AdobePathWriter
+ * Writes a {@code Shape} object to an Adobe Photoshop Path or Path resource.
+ *
+ * @see <a href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet-apps/photoshop/fileformatashtml/#50577409_17587">Adobe Photoshop Path resource format</a>
+ * @author <a href="mailto:harald.kuhr@gmail.com">Harald Kuhr</a>
  */
 public final class AdobePathWriter {
 
@@ -181,14 +184,15 @@ public final class AdobePathWriter {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Writes the path as a complete Photoshop clipping path resource to the given stream.
+     * Writes the path as a complete Adobe Photoshop clipping path resource to the given stream.
      *
      * @param output the stream to write to.
+     * @param resourceId the resource id, typically {@link PSD#RES_CLIPPING_PATH} (0x07D0).
      * @throws IOException if an I/O exception happens during writing.
      */
-    void writePathResource(final DataOutput output) throws IOException {
+    public void writePathResource(final DataOutput output, int resourceId) throws IOException {
         output.writeInt(PSD.RESOURCE_TYPE);
-        output.writeShort(PSD.RES_CLIPPING_PATH);
+        output.writeShort(resourceId);
         output.writeShort(0); // Path name (Pascal string) empty + pad
         output.writeInt(segments.size() * 26); // Resource size
 
@@ -196,7 +200,7 @@ public final class AdobePathWriter {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Writes the path as a set of Adobe path segments to the given stream.
+     * Writes the path as a set of Adobe Photoshop path segments to the given stream.
      *
      * @param output the stream to write to.
      * @throws IOException if an I/O exception happens during writing.
@@ -235,13 +239,17 @@ public final class AdobePathWriter {
         }
     }
 
-    // TODO: Do we need to care about endianness for TIFF files?
-    // TODO: Better name?
-    byte[] writePathResource() {
+    /**
+     * Transforms the path to a byte array, containing a complete Adobe Photoshop path resource.
+     *
+     * @param resourceId the resource id, typically {@link PSD#RES_CLIPPING_PATH} (0x07D0).
+     * @return a new byte array, containing the clipping path resource.
+     */
+    public byte[] writePathResource(int resourceId) {
         ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
         try (DataOutputStream stream = new DataOutputStream(bytes)) {
-            writePathResource(stream);
+            writePathResource(stream, resourceId);
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
             throw new AssertionError("ByteArrayOutputStream threw IOException", e);
@@ -250,6 +258,11 @@ public final class AdobePathWriter {
         return bytes.toByteArray();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Transforms the path to a byte array, containing a set of Adobe Photoshop path segments.
+     *
+     * @return a new byte array, containing the path segments.
+     */
     public byte[] writePath() {
         ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-clippath/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/path/Paths.java b/imageio/imageio-clippath/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/path/Paths.java
index ce95a4f8..6e908def 100755
--- a/imageio/imageio-clippath/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/path/Paths.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-clippath/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/path/Paths.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public final class Paths {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Writes the image along with a clipping path resource, in the given format to the supplied output.
+     * Writes the image along with a clipping path resource, in the given format, to the supplied output.
      * The image is written to the
      * {@code ImageOutputStream} starting at the current stream
      * pointer, overwriting existing stream data from that point
@@ -270,6 +270,11 @@ public final class Paths {
      * <em>not</em> close the output stream.
      * It is the responsibility of the caller to close the stream, if desired.
      * </p>
+     * <p>
+     * Implementation note: Only JPEG (using the "javax_imageio_jpeg_image_1.0" metadata format) and
+     * TIFF (using the "javax_imageio_tiff_image_1.0" or "com_sun_media_imageio_plugins_tiff_image_1.0" metadata formats)
+     * formats are currently supported.
+     * </p>
      *
      * @param image the image to be written, may not be {@code null}.
      * @param clipPath the clip path, may not be {@code null}.
@@ -303,7 +308,7 @@ public final class Paths {
             IIOMetadata metadata = writer.getDefaultImageMetadata(type, param);
             List<String> metadataFormats = asList(metadata.getMetadataFormatNames());
 
-            byte[] pathResource = new AdobePathWriter(clipPath).writePathResource();
+            byte[] pathResource = new AdobePathWriter(clipPath).writePathResource(PSD.RES_CLIPPING_PATH);
 
             if (metadataFormats.contains("javax_imageio_tiff_image_1.0") || metadataFormats.contains("com_sun_media_imageio_plugins_tiff_image_1.0")) {
                 param.setCompressionMode(ImageWriteParam.MODE_EXPLICIT);