diff --git a/docs/example_generation.jl b/docs/example_generation.jl
index 89b9741f..2a02021a 100644
--- a/docs/example_generation.jl
+++ b/docs/example_generation.jl
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ const examples = PlotExample[
 ]
 
 
+function createStringOfMarkDownCodeValues(arr, prefix = "")
+  string("`", prefix, join(arr, "`, `$prefix"), "`")
+end
+createStringOfMarkDownSymbols(arr) = createStringOfMarkDownCodeValues(arr, ":")
+
+
 function generate_markdown(pkgname::Symbol)
 
   # set up the plotter, and don't show the plots by default
@@ -103,11 +109,11 @@ function generate_markdown(pkgname::Symbol)
   md = open("$DOCDIR/$(pkgname)_examples.md", "w")
 
   write(md, "# Examples for backend: $pkgname\n\n")
-  write(md, "- Supported arguments: $(join(supportedArgs(pkg), ", "))\n")
-  write(md, "- Supported values for axis: `:$(join(supportedAxes(pkg), "`, `:"))`\n")
-  write(md, "- Supported values for linetype: $(supportedTypes(pkg))\n")
-  write(md, "- Supported values for linestyle: $(supportedStyles(pkg))\n")
-  write(md, "- Supported values for marker: $(supportedMarkers(pkg))\n")
+  write(md, "- Supported arguments: $(createStringOfMarkDownCodeValues(supportedArgs(pkg)))\n")
+  write(md, "- Supported values for axis: $(createStringOfMarkDownSymbols(supportedAxes(pkg)))\n")
+  write(md, "- Supported values for linetype: $(createStringOfMarkDownSymbols(supportedTypes(pkg)))\n")
+  write(md, "- Supported values for linestyle: $(createStringOfMarkDownSymbols(supportedStyles(pkg)))\n")
+  write(md, "- Supported values for marker: $(createStringOfMarkDownSymbols(supportedMarkers(pkg)))\n")
   write(md, "- Is `subplot`/`subplot!` supported? $(subplotSupported(pkg) ? "Yes" : "No")\n\n")
 
   write(md, "### Initialize\n\n```julia\nusing Plots\n$(pkgname)!()\n```\n\n")
@@ -122,6 +128,8 @@ function generate_markdown(pkgname::Symbol)
 
       # save the png
       imgname = "$(pkgname)_example_$i.png"
+
+      # NOTE: uncomment this to overwrite the images as well
       # savepng("$IMGDIR/$pkgname/$imgname")
 
       # write out the header, description, code block, and image link
diff --git a/docs/qwt_examples.md b/docs/qwt_examples.md
index 8e9e5c3c..b308e8a9 100644
--- a/docs/qwt_examples.md
+++ b/docs/qwt_examples.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Examples for backend: qwt
 
-- Supported arguments: args, axis, color, fillto, heatmap_c, kwargs, label, legend, linestyle, linetype, marker, markercolor, markersize, nbins, reg, size, title, width, windowtitle, xlabel, ylabel, yrightlabel
+- Supported arguments: `args`, `axis`, `color`, `fillto`, `heatmap_c`, `kwargs`, `label`, `legend`, `linestyle`, `linetype`, `marker`, `markercolor`, `markersize`, `nbins`, `reg`, `size`, `title`, `width`, `windowtitle`, `xlabel`, `ylabel`, `yrightlabel`
 - Supported values for axis: `:auto`, `:left`, `:right`
-- Supported values for linetype: [:none,:line,:step,:stepinverted,:sticks,:scatter,:heatmap,:hexbin,:hist,:bar]
-- Supported values for linestyle: [:auto,:solid,:dash,:dot,:dashdot,:dashdotdot]
-- Supported values for marker: [:none,:auto,:ellipse,:rect,:diamond,:utriangle,:dtriangle,:cross,:xcross,:star1,:star2,:hexagon]
+- Supported values for linetype: `:none`, `:line`, `:step`, `:stepinverted`, `:sticks`, `:scatter`, `:heatmap`, `:hexbin`, `:hist`, `:bar`
+- Supported values for linestyle: `:auto`, `:solid`, `:dash`, `:dot`, `:dashdot`, `:dashdotdot`
+- Supported values for marker: `:none`, `:auto`, `:ellipse`, `:rect`, `:diamond`, `:utriangle`, `:dtriangle`, `:cross`, `:xcross`, `:star1`, `:star2`, `:hexagon`
 - Is `subplot`/`subplot!` supported? Yes
 
 ### Initialize