diff --git a/docs/src/pages/reference/configuration/output.md b/docs/src/pages/reference/configuration/output.md
index d33370190..33b97b52a 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/reference/configuration/output.md
+++ b/docs/src/pages/reference/configuration/output.md
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ Give you the possibility to override the generated mock
 
 Type: `Object` or `Function`.
 
-You can use this to override the generated mock per property. Properties can take a function who take the specification in argument and should return un object or directly the object. Each key of this object can be a regex or directly the name of the property to override and the value can be a function which return the wanted value or directly the value. If you use a function this will be executed at runtime.
+You can use this to override the generated mock per property. Properties can take a function who take the specification in argument and should return un object or directly the object. Each key of this object can be a regex or directly the path of the property to override and the value can be a function which return the wanted value or directly the value. If you use a function this will be executed at runtime.
 
 ```js
 module.exports = {
@@ -690,8 +690,10 @@ module.exports = {
       override: {
         mock: {
           properties: {
-            '/tag|name/': 'jon',
-            email: () => faker.internet.email(),
+            '/tag|name/': 'jon', // Matches every property named 'tag' or 'name', including nested ones
+            '/.*\.user\.id/': faker.string.uuid(), // Matches every property named 'id', inside an object named 'user', including nested ones
+            email: () => faker.internet.email(), // Matches only the property 'email'
+            'user.id': () => faker.string.uuid(), // Matches only the full path 'user.id'
           },
         },
       },
diff --git a/packages/msw/src/resolvers/value.ts b/packages/msw/src/resolvers/value.ts
index 21e0c022d..c2ba5fb54 100644
--- a/packages/msw/src/resolvers/value.ts
+++ b/packages/msw/src/resolvers/value.ts
@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@ export const resolveMockOverride = (
   properties: Record<string, string> | undefined = {},
   item: SchemaObject & { name: string; path?: string },
 ) => {
+  const path = item.path ? item.path : `#.${item.name}`;
   const property = Object.entries(properties).find(([key]) => {
     if (isRegex(key)) {
       const regex = new RegExp(key.slice(1, key.length - 1));
-      if (regex.test(item.name)) {
+      if (regex.test(item.name) || regex.test(path)) {
         return true;
       }
     }
 
-    if (`#.${key}` === (item.path ? item.path : `#.${item.name}`)) {
+    if (`#.${key}` === path) {
       return true;
     }