diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index 36f71e3d..f9e6c6a7 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -1317,13 +1317,13 @@ function py_add_legend(plt::Plot, sp::Subplot, ax)
                     elseif series[:seriestype] in (:path, :straightline, :scatter)
                         PyPlot.plt."Line2D"((0,1),(0,0),
                             color = py_color(single_color(get_linecolor(series, clims)), get_linealpha(series)),
-                            linewidth = py_thickness_scale(plt, clamp(sp[:legendfontsize]/10, 0, 5)),
+                            linewidth = py_thickness_scale(plt, sp[:legendfontsize] / 8),
                             linestyle = py_linestyle(:path, get_linestyle(series)),
                             marker = py_marker(_cycle(series[:markershape], 1)),
-                            markersize = py_thickness_scale(plt, sp[:legendfontsize]),
+                            markersize = py_thickness_scale(plt, 0.8 * sp[:legendfontsize]),
                             markeredgecolor = py_color(single_color(get_markerstrokecolor(series)), get_markerstrokealpha(series)),
                             markerfacecolor = py_color(single_color(get_markercolor(series, clims)), get_markeralpha(series)),
-                            markeredgewidth = py_thickness_scale(plt, series[:markerstrokewidth] * sp[:legendfontsize] / series[:markersize])   # retain the markersize/markerstroke ratio from the markers on the plot
+                            markeredgewidth = py_thickness_scale(plt, 0.8 * series[:markerstrokewidth] * sp[:legendfontsize] / series[:markersize])   # retain the markersize/markerstroke ratio from the markers on the plot
                         )
                     else
                         series[:serieshandle][1]