diff --git a/doc/xschem_man/developer_info.html b/doc/xschem_man/developer_info.html
index b9efcb9d..a0b4ad56 100644
--- a/doc/xschem_man/developer_info.html
+++ b/doc/xschem_man/developer_info.html
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ C {verilog_timescale.sym} 1050 -100 0 0 {name=s1 timestep="1ns" precision="1ns"
      <li><kbd> temp_dir </kbd> get windows temporary dir </li>
      <li><kbd> text_svg </kbd> return 1 if using &lt;text&gt; elements in svg export </li>
      <li><kbd> textlayer </kbd> layer number for texts </li>
-     <li><kbd> top_path </kbd> get top hier path of current window (always "") for tabbed if </li>
+     <li><kbd> top_path </kbd> get top hier path of current window (always "" for tabbed if) </li>
      <li><kbd> topwindow </kbd> same as top_path but main window returned as "." </li>
      <li><kbd> version </kbd> return xschem version </li>
      <li><kbd> wirelayer </kbd> layer used for wires </li>
diff --git a/src/scheduler.c b/src/scheduler.c
index 446022a9..9d029a22 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.c
+++ b/src/scheduler.c
@@ -942,9 +942,8 @@ int xschem(ClientData clientdata, Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char * arg
             /* allows to retrieve name of n-th parent schematic */
             if(argc > 3) x = atoi(argv[3]);
             else x = xctx->currsch;
-            if(x<0 && xctx->currsch+x>=0) {
-              Tcl_SetResult(interp, xctx->sch[xctx->currsch+x], TCL_VOLATILE);
-            } else if(x<=xctx->currsch) {
+            if(x < 0 ) x = xctx->currsch + x;
+            if(x<=xctx->currsch && x >= 0) {
               Tcl_SetResult(interp, xctx->sch[x], TCL_VOLATILE);
             }
           }
@@ -953,9 +952,8 @@ int xschem(ClientData clientdata, Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char * arg
             int x;
             if(argc > 3) x = atoi(argv[3]);
             else x = xctx->currsch;
-            if(x<0 && xctx->currsch+x>=0) {
-              Tcl_SetResult(interp, xctx->sch_path[xctx->currsch+x], TCL_VOLATILE);
-            } else if(x<=xctx->currsch) {
+            if(x < 0 ) x = xctx->currsch + x;
+            if(x<=xctx->currsch && x >= 0) {
               Tcl_SetResult(interp, xctx->sch_path[x], TCL_VOLATILE);
             }
           }
@@ -1009,7 +1007,7 @@ int xschem(ClientData clientdata, Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char * arg
           }
           /* top_path="" for main window, ".x1", ".x2", ... for additional windows.
            * always "" in tabbed interface */
-          else if(!strcmp(argv[2], "top_path")) { /* get top hier path of current window (always "") for tabbed if */
+          else if(!strcmp(argv[2], "top_path")) { /* get top hier path of current window (always "" for tabbed if) */
             Tcl_SetResult(interp, xctx->top_path, TCL_VOLATILE);
           }
           /* same as above but main window returned as "." */