diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fda7fc2..739c923 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Running the wrapper will generate the local `file://` URL to the generated
 `index.html` file, e.g.:
 
 ```text
-file:///Users/.../jsdoc/jsdoc-cli-wrapper/1.0.0/index.html
+file:///path/to/jsdoc/output/jsdoc-cli-wrapper/1.0.0/index.html
 ```
 
 You can click on or copy this link to open it in your browser. You can also open
@@ -99,14 +99,15 @@ This wrapper resolves both of these minor annoyances.
 ```sh
 $ pnpm jsdoc
 
-> jsdoc-cli-wrapper@1.0.0 jsdoc .../jsdoc-cli-wrapper
+> jsdoc-cli-wrapper@1.0.1 jsdoc /path/to/jsdoc-cli-wrapper
 > node index.js -c jsdoc.json .
 
-jsdoc/jsdoc-cli-wrapper/1.0.0/index.html
+file:///path/to/jsdoc-cli-wrapper/jsdoc/jsdoc-cli-wrapper/1.0.0/index.html
 ```
 
 Of course, your own project would use `jsdoc-cli-wrapper` instead of `node
-index.js`. (This project uses the latter to ensure Windows compatibility during development.)
+index.js`. This project uses the latter to ensure that it uses the version from
+the local repository itself.
 
 ### Multilanguage project
 
@@ -131,17 +132,25 @@ both the frontend and backend into a common `build/` directory. Its
 }
 ```
 
-Its `package.json` contains a `jsdoc` script that runs this wrapper (before this
-repository existed, it used a local version, reflected below):
+Its `strcalc/src/main/frontend/package.json` contains a `jsdoc` script that runs
+this wrapper:
+
+```json
+"scripts": {
+  "jsdoc": "jsdoc-cli-wrapper -c ./jsdoc.json ."
+},
+```
+
+Running `pnpm jsdoc` from the `strcalc/src/main/frontend` directory looks like:
 
 ```sh
 $ cd strcalc/src/main/frontend
 $ pnpm jsdoc
 
-> tomcat-servlet-testing-example-frontend@0.0.0 jsdoc .../tomcat-servlet-testing-example/strcalc/src/main/frontend
-> node bin/jsdoc-cli-wrapper.js -c ./jsdoc.json .
+> tomcat-servlet-testing-example-frontend@0.0.0 jsdoc /path/to/tomcat-servlet-testing-example/strcalc/src/main/frontend
+> jsdoc-cli-wrapper -c ./jsdoc.json .
 
-../../../build/jsdoc/tomcat-servlet-testing-example-frontend/0.0.0/index.html
+file:////path/to/tomcat-servlet-testing-example/strcalc/build/jsdoc/tomcat-servlet-testing-example-frontend/0.0.0/index.html
 ```
 
 ## Development
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 83a3aa2..66b0ecb 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ export async function analyzeArgv(argv) {
  * If you really want to strip all the extra whitespace out:
  *
  * ```js
- * JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(jsonStr)))
+ * JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(str)))
  * ```
  *
  * If you want to reformat it to your liking, e.g., using two space indents:
  *
  * ```js
- * JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(jsonStr)), null, 2)
+ * JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(stripJsonComments(str)), null, 2)
  * ```
  *
  * This function is necessary because the `jsdoc` command depends upon the
@@ -174,39 +174,35 @@ export async function analyzeArgv(argv) {
  * original implementation to avoid adding any dependencies. It may become its
  * own separate package one day, likely scoped to avoid conflicts with
  * strip-json-comments.
- * @param {string} jsonStr - JSON text to strip
- * @returns {string} jsonStr with comments, trailing commas replaced by space
+ * @param {string} str - JSON text to strip
+ * @returns {string} str with comments, trailing commas replaced by space
  */
-export function stripJsonComments(jsonStr) {
-  let inString, escaped, inComment, comma, result = []
-
-  for (let i = 0; i !== jsonStr.length; ++i) {
-    const prevChar = jsonStr[i-1]
-    let curChar = jsonStr[i]
-    const isNotWhitespace = curChar.trimStart() !== ''
-
-    if (inString) {
-      inString = curChar !== '"' || escaped
-      escaped = curChar === '\\' && !escaped
-    } else if (inComment) {
-      if ((curChar === '\n' && inComment === 'line') ||
-          (curChar === '/'  && inComment === 'block' && prevChar === '*')) {
-        inComment = null
+export function stripJsonComments(str) {
+  let inString, escaped, comment, comma, result = []
+
+  for (let i = 0; i !== str.length; ++i) {
+    let c = str[i]
+
+    if (c === '\n') {
+      if (comment === 'line') comment = null
+    } else if (c.trimStart() === '') {  // preserve other existing whitespace
+    } else if (inString) {
+      inString = c !== '"' || escaped
+      escaped = c === '\\' && !escaped
+    } else if (comment) {
+      if (c === '/'  && comment === 'block' && str[i-1] === '*') comment = null
+      c = ' '
+    } else if (c === '/' || c === '*') {  // maybe a comment, don't update comma
+      if (str[i-1] === '/') {  // definitely a comment, or else a syntax error
+        comment = (c === '/') ? 'line' : 'block'
+        c = result[i-1] = ' '
       }
-      if (isNotWhitespace) curChar = ' '
-    } else if (curChar === '"') {  // opening a string
-      inString = true
-      comma = null
-    } else if (curChar === '/' || curChar === '*') {  // maybe opening a comment
-      if (prevChar === '/') {  // definitely opening a comment
-        inComment = (curChar === '/') ? 'line' : 'block'
-        curChar = result[i-1] = ' '
-      }
-    } else if (isNotWhitespace) {  // definitely outside string or comment
-      if (comma && (curChar === ']' || curChar === '}')) result[comma] = ' '
-      comma = (curChar === ',') ? i : null
+    } else {  // outside any valid string or comment, replace trailing commas
+      if (c === '"') inString = true
+      else if (comma && (c === ']' || c === '}')) result[comma] = ' '
+      comma = (c === ',') ? i : null
     }
-    result.push(curChar)
+    result.push(c)
   }
   return result.join('')
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aa9ec2f..a38a845 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jsdoc-cli-wrapper",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "description": "JSDoc command line interface wrapper",
   "main": "index.js",
   "bin": "./index.js",