diff --git a/modules/appendix/examples/work_net/data_modification_update.gsql b/modules/appendix/examples/work_net/data_modification_update.gsql
index fad03e4d..26c7b8ac 100644
--- a/modules/appendix/examples/work_net/data_modification_update.gsql
+++ b/modules/appendix/examples/work_net/data_modification_update.gsql
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ CREATE QUERY update_ex() FOR GRAPH Work_Net  {
 
     UPDATE s FROM S:s
     SET s.location_id = "USA",  // simple base type attribute
-        s.skill_list = [1,2,3]  // collection-type attribute
+        s.skill_list = [1,2,3], // list-type attribute
+        s.skill_set = (1,2,3),  // set-type attribute
+        s.skill_map = ("a"->1, "b"->2)  // map-type attribute
     WHERE s.location_id == "us";
 
-    // The update cannot become effective within this query, so PRINT S still show "us".
+    // The update cannot become effective within this query, so PRINT S still shows "us".
     PRINT S;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/modules/querying/pages/data-modification-statements.adoc b/modules/querying/pages/data-modification-statements.adoc
index bfaca6ca..dbc860f8 100644
--- a/modules/querying/pages/data-modification-statements.adoc
+++ b/modules/querying/pages/data-modification-statements.adoc
@@ -511,6 +511,9 @@ The optional `WHERE` clause supports boolean conditions to filter the items in t
 [discrete]
 === Examples
 
+When updating collection-type attributes, note the syntax differences:
+use `[]` for list-type, `()` for set-type, and `->` for map-type attributes.
+
 .`UPDATE` statement example
 [source.wrap,gsql]
 ----