diff --git a/Scripts/Editor/NodeEditorGUI.cs b/Scripts/Editor/NodeEditorGUI.cs
index 51baf55..a1e8fd3 100644
--- a/Scripts/Editor/NodeEditorGUI.cs
+++ b/Scripts/Editor/NodeEditorGUI.cs
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ namespace XNodeEditor {
                 Type type = nodeTypes[i];
 
                 //Get node context menu path
-                string path = graphEditor.GetNodePath(type);
-                if (path == null) continue;
+                string path = graphEditor.GetNodeMenuName(type);
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path)) continue;
 
                 contextMenu.AddItem(new GUIContent(path), false, () => {
                     CreateNode(type, pos);
diff --git a/Scripts/Editor/NodeGraphEditor.cs b/Scripts/Editor/NodeGraphEditor.cs
index 8d81a07..3f0141a 100644
--- a/Scripts/Editor/NodeGraphEditor.cs
+++ b/Scripts/Editor/NodeGraphEditor.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ namespace XNodeEditor {
         }
 
         /// <summary> Returns context menu path. Returns null if node is not available. </summary>
+        [Obsolete("Use GetNodeMenuName instead")]
         public virtual string GetNodePath(Type type) {
+            return GetNodeMenuName(type);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary> Returns context node menu path. Null or empty strings for hidden nodes. </summary>
+        public virtual string GetNodeMenuName(Type type) {
             //Check if type has the CreateNodeMenuAttribute
             XNode.Node.CreateNodeMenuAttribute attrib;
             if (NodeEditorUtilities.GetAttrib(type, out attrib)) // Return custom path
diff --git a/Scripts/Node.cs b/Scripts/Node.cs
index be3d5a7..ad2889f 100644
--- a/Scripts/Node.cs
+++ b/Scripts/Node.cs
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ namespace XNode {
         public class CreateNodeMenuAttribute : Attribute {
             public string menuName;
             /// <summary> Manually supply node class with a context menu path </summary>
-            /// <param name="menuName"> Path to this node in the context menu </param>
+            /// <param name="menuName"> Path to this node in the context menu. Null or empty hides it. </param>
             public CreateNodeMenuAttribute(string menuName) {
                 this.menuName = menuName;
             }