diff --git a/lib/Mojo/File.pm b/lib/Mojo/File.pm
index b513f82efb..66ac829bb1 100644
--- a/lib/Mojo/File.pm
+++ b/lib/Mojo/File.pm
@@ -281,8 +281,10 @@ Include hidden files and directories.
 =head2 make_path
 
   $path = $path->make_path;
+  $path = $path->make_path({mode => 0711});
 
-Create the directories if they don't already exist with L<File::Path>.
+Create the directories if they don't already exist with L<File::Path>. Any
+additional arguments are passed through unmodified to L<File::Path::make_path>.
 
 =head2 move_to
 
@@ -306,9 +308,11 @@ directory.
 =head2 remove_tree
 
   $path = $path->remove_tree;
+  $path = $path->remove_tree({keep_root => 1});
 
 Delete this directory and any files and subdirectories it may contain with
-L<File::Path>.
+L<File::Path>.  Any additional arguments are passed through unmodified to
+L<File::Path::remove_tree>.
 
 =head2 slurp
 
diff --git a/t/mojo/file.t b/t/mojo/file.t
index 60d7b9c19a..c6c9b4534b 100644
--- a/t/mojo/file.t
+++ b/t/mojo/file.t
@@ -70,11 +70,18 @@ my $subdir = $dir->child('foo', 'bar');
 ok !-d $subdir, 'directory does not exist anymore';
 $subdir->make_path;
 ok -d $subdir, 'directory exists';
+my $nextdir = $dir->child('foo', 'foobar')->make_path({error => \my $error});
+ok -d $nextdir, 'directory exists';
+isa_ok $error, 'ARRAY', 'make_path modified variable';
 
 # Remove tree
 $dir = tempdir;
 $dir->child('foo', 'bar')->make_path->child('test.txt')->spurt('test!');
 is $dir->child('foo', 'bar', 'test.txt')->slurp, 'test!', 'right content';
+$subdir = $dir->child('foo', 'foobar')->make_path;
+ok -e $subdir->child('bar')->make_path->child('a.out')->spurt('ELF'), 'created';
+ok -d $subdir->remove_tree({keep_root => 1}), 'arg passed through and dir kept';
+ok !-e $subdir->child('bar'), 'sub tree has been removed';
 ok !-e $dir->child('foo')->remove_tree->to_string, 'tree has been removed';
 
 # Move to