diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index a998cc77..df87a546 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 - Fix ``Observer`` not having longtitude, latitude, and elevation parameters
   as class attributes. They are now properties calculated from the ``location``.
 
-- Documentation revisions and theme update
+- Documentation revisions and theme update [#563]
 
 0.8 (2021-01-26)
 ----------------
diff --git a/astroplan/plots/sky.py b/astroplan/plots/sky.py
index 8b373762..751f1fe6 100644
--- a/astroplan/plots/sky.py
+++ b/astroplan/plots/sky.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
-                        unicode_literals)
-
 import numpy as np
 import astropy.units as u
 from astropy.time import Time
@@ -120,7 +117,8 @@ def plot_sky(target, observer, time, ax=None, style_kwargs=None,
         if isinstance(plt.gca(), plt.PolarAxes):
             ax = plt.gca()
         else:
-            fig, ax = plt.subplots(subplot_kw={'projection': 'polar'})
+            fig = plt.figure()
+            ax = fig.add_subplot(projection='polar')
 
     if style_kwargs is None:
         style_kwargs = {}
diff --git a/astroplan/plots/time_dependent.py b/astroplan/plots/time_dependent.py
index 8682c27b..aca3296e 100644
--- a/astroplan/plots/time_dependent.py
+++ b/astroplan/plots/time_dependent.py
@@ -152,8 +152,11 @@ def plot_airmass(targets, observer, time, ax=None, style_kwargs=None,
     if style_kwargs is None:
         style_kwargs = {}
     style_kwargs = dict(style_kwargs)
-    style_kwargs.setdefault('linewidth', 1.5)
-    style_kwargs.setdefault('fmt', '-')
+
+    if 'lw' not in style_kwargs:
+        style_kwargs.setdefault('linewidth', 1.5)
+    if 'ls' not in style_kwargs and 'linestyle' not in style_kwargs:
+        style_kwargs.setdefault('fmt', '-')
 
     if hasattr(time, 'utcoffset') and use_local_tz:
         tzoffset = time.utcoffset()
@@ -366,7 +369,7 @@ def plot_altitude(targets, observer, time, ax=None, style_kwargs=None,
     if style_kwargs is None:
         style_kwargs = {}
     style_kwargs = dict(style_kwargs)
-    if 'ls' not in style_kwargs:
+    if 'ls' not in style_kwargs and 'fmt' not in style_kwargs:
         style_kwargs.setdefault('linestyle', '-')
     if 'lw' not in style_kwargs:
         style_kwargs.setdefault('linewidth', 1.5)
@@ -592,8 +595,9 @@ def plot_parallactic(target, observer, time, ax=None, style_kwargs=None,
     if style_kwargs is None:
         style_kwargs = {}
     style_kwargs = dict(style_kwargs)
-    style_kwargs.setdefault('linestyle', '-')
     style_kwargs.setdefault('fmt', '-')
+    if 'ls' not in style_kwargs and 'fmt' not in style_kwargs:
+        style_kwargs.setdefault('linestyle', '-')
 
     # Populate time window if needed.
     time = Time(time)
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/plots.rst b/docs/tutorials/plots.rst
index ab9a7667..b7abfb49 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/plots.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorials/plots.rst
@@ -678,8 +678,6 @@ Altair, Vega and Deneb. To plot a map of the sky:
     plot_sky(vega, observer, observe_time, style_kwargs=vega_style)
     plot_sky(deneb, observer, observe_time, style_kwargs=deneb_style)
 
-
-
     # Note that you don't need this code block to produce the plot.
     # It reduces the plot size for the documentation.
     ax = plt.gca()