diff --git a/src/types/OpenAPI3.ts b/src/types/OpenAPI3.ts
index 98a693ce1..7d597afcf 100644
--- a/src/types/OpenAPI3.ts
+++ b/src/types/OpenAPI3.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,27 @@ export interface OpenAPI3Schemas {
 }
 
 export interface OpenAPI3Paths {
-  [path: string]: {
-    [method: string]: OpenAPI3Operation | Parameter[];
-  };
+  [path: string]: OpenAPI3PathItemObject;
 }
 
+export type OpenAPI3PathItemObject = {
+  $ref?: string;
+  summary?: string;
+  description?: string;
+  get?: OpenAPI3Operation;
+  put?: OpenAPI3Operation;
+  post?: OpenAPI3Operation;
+  delete?: OpenAPI3Operation;
+  options?: OpenAPI3Operation;
+  head?: OpenAPI3Operation;
+  patch?: OpenAPI3Operation;
+  trace?: OpenAPI3Operation;
+  parameters?: Parameter[];
+};
+
 export interface OpenAPI3Operation {
   operationId?: string;
+  summary?: string;
   description?: string;
   parameters?: Parameter[];
   requestBody?: OpenAPI3RequestBody;
diff --git a/src/v3.ts b/src/v3.ts
index 3f8e83209..3228cffd2 100644
--- a/src/v3.ts
+++ b/src/v3.ts
@@ -261,29 +261,40 @@ export default function generateTypesV3(
 
   function transformPaths(paths: OpenAPI3Paths): string {
     let output = "";
-    Object.entries(paths).forEach(([path, methods]) => {
+    Object.entries(paths).forEach(([path, pathItem]) => {
       output += `"${path}": {\n`;
 
-      Object.entries(methods).forEach(([method, operation]) => {
+      Object.entries(pathItem).forEach(([field, operation]) => {
         // skip the parameters "method" for shared parameters - we'll handle it later
-        if (method !== "parameters") {
+        const isMethod = [
+          "get",
+          "put",
+          "post",
+          "delete",
+          "options",
+          "head",
+          "patch",
+          "trace",
+        ].includes(field);
+
+        if (isMethod) {
           operation = operation as OpenAPI3Operation;
 
           if (operation.operationId) {
-            output += `"${method}": operations["${operation.operationId}"];\n`;
+            output += `"${field}": operations["${operation.operationId}"];\n`;
             operations[operation.operationId] = operation;
           } else {
             if (operation.description) output += comment(operation.description);
-            output += `"${method}": ${transformOperation(
+            output += `"${field}": ${transformOperation(
               operation as OpenAPI3Operation
             )}`;
           }
         }
       });
 
-      if (methods.parameters) {
+      if (pathItem.parameters) {
         // Handle shared parameters
-        output += transformParameters(methods.parameters as Parameter[]);
+        output += transformParameters(pathItem.parameters as Parameter[]);
       }
       output += `}\n`;
     });
diff --git a/tests/v3/index.test.ts b/tests/v3/index.test.ts
index ce4d68ffb..437293314 100644
--- a/tests/v3/index.test.ts
+++ b/tests/v3/index.test.ts
@@ -988,4 +988,39 @@ describe("OpenAPI3 features", () => {
     `)
     );
   });
+
+  it("paths include 'summary' and 'description'", () => {
+    const schema: OpenAPI3 = {
+      openapi: "3.0.1",
+      paths: {
+        "/": {
+          summary: "root summary",
+          description: "root description",
+          get: {
+            summary: "get summary",
+            description: "get description",
+            responses: { },
+          },
+        },
+      }
+    };
+
+    expect(swaggerToTS(schema)).toBe(
+      format(`
+      export interface paths {
+        '/': {
+         /**
+          * get description
+          */
+         get: {
+            responses: { }
+          }
+        };
+      }
+
+      export interface operations {}
+        
+      export interface components {}`)
+    );
+  });
 });