diff --git a/snippets/csharp/System.IO/Path/ChangeExtension/pathmembers.cs b/snippets/csharp/System.IO/Path/ChangeExtension/pathmembers.cs
index dedcdaae0bf..c53bfd1b1eb 100644
--- a/snippets/csharp/System.IO/Path/ChangeExtension/pathmembers.cs
+++ b/snippets/csharp/System.IO/Path/ChangeExtension/pathmembers.cs
@@ -61,31 +61,30 @@ public void Combine()
     public void GetDirectoryName()
     {
         // <Snippet3>
-        string filePath = @"C:\MyDir\MySubDir\myfile.ext";
-        string directoryName;
-        int i = 0;
-
-        while (filePath != null)
-        {
-            directoryName = Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath);
-            Console.WriteLine("GetDirectoryName('{0}') returns '{1}'",
-                filePath, directoryName);
-            filePath = directoryName;
-            if (i == 1)
-            {
-                filePath = directoryName + @"\";  // this will preserve the previous path
-            }
-            i++;
-        }
-        /*
-        This code produces the following output:
-
-        GetDirectoryName('C:\MyDir\MySubDir\myfile.ext') returns 'C:\MyDir\MySubDir'
-        GetDirectoryName('C:\MyDir\MySubDir') returns 'C:\MyDir'
-        GetDirectoryName('C:\MyDir\') returns 'C:\MyDir'
-        GetDirectoryName('C:\MyDir') returns 'C:\'
-        GetDirectoryName('C:\') returns ''
-        */
+    string? filePath = @"C:\MyDir\MySubDir\myfile.ext";
+    string? directoryName;
+    int i = 0;
+
+    while (filePath != null)
+    {
+        directoryName = Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath);
+        Console.WriteLine($"GetDirectoryName(\"{filePath}\") returns {directoryName ?? "NULL"}");
+
+        filePath = (i == 1)
+            ? directoryName + @"\"  // this will preserve the previous path
+            : directoryName;
+
+        i++;
+    }
+    /*
+    This code produces the following output:
+
+    GetDirectoryName("C:\MyDir\MySubDir\myfile.ext") returns C:\MyDir\MySubDir
+    GetDirectoryName("C:\MyDir\MySubDir") returns C:\MyDir
+    GetDirectoryName("C:\MyDir\") returns C:\MyDir
+    GetDirectoryName("C:\MyDir") returns C:\
+    GetDirectoryName("C:\") returns NULL
+    */
         // </Snippet3>
 
         Console.WriteLine();
@@ -378,4 +377,4 @@ public static void Main()
         pathSnippets.HasExtension();
         pathSnippets.IsPathRooted();
     }
-}
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+}