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 The above configuration will ignore differences from all fields owned by `kube-controller-manager` for all resources belonging to this application.
 
+If you have a slash `/` in your pointer path, you can use the `~1` character. For example:
+
+```yaml
+spec:
+  ignoreDifferences:
+  - kind: Node
+    jsonPointers: /metadata/labels/node-role.kubernetes.io~1worker
+```
+
 ## System-Level Configuration
 
 The comparison of resources with well-known issues can be customized at a system level. Ignored differences can be configured for a specified group and kind