diff --git a/met/docs/Users_Guide/appendixA.rst b/met/docs/Users_Guide/appendixA.rst
index e84b703211..f5c379ef3d 100644
--- a/met/docs/Users_Guide/appendixA.rst
+++ b/met/docs/Users_Guide/appendixA.rst
@@ -95,13 +95,10 @@ Re-run but pointing only to the admin_China_data:
 		
      ${MET_BUILD_BASE}/bin/plot_data_plane 
      china_tmp_2m.nc china_tmp_2m_admin.ps \ 
-     'name="TMP_Z2"; level="(*,*)"; 
-     map_data = { source = [ 
-     { file_name = 
-     "${MET_BUILD_BASE}/data/map/admin_by_country/admin_China_data"; 
-     } 
-     ]; 
-     }'
+     'name="TMP_Z2"; level="(*,*)"; \ 
+     map_data = { source = [ { file_name = \
+     "${MET_BUILD_BASE}/data/map/admin_by_country/admin_China_data"; } \
+     ]; }'
 				
 An arbitrary number of map_data "file_name" entries
 can be listed. However, using "country_data" doesn't
@@ -255,9 +252,9 @@ Gen_Vx_Mask
 **Q. Gen_Vx_Mask - How do I Mask Region Intersection between Stations and
 Polyline?**
 
-I have a list of stations to use for verification. I also have a poly
+**I have a list of stations to use for verification. I also have a poly
 region defined. If I specify both of these should the result
-be a union of them?
+be a union of them?**
  
 A.
 These settings are defined in the "mask" section of the Point-Stat
@@ -449,7 +446,6 @@ be used to aggregate them together into a single FSS value, like this:
 .. code-block:: ini
 		     
 		stat_analysis -job aggregate -line_type NBRCNT \
-		
 		-lookin out/grid_stat
 
 Be sure to pick thresholds (e.g. for the thunderstorms and monsoons)
@@ -463,9 +459,11 @@ generated by a MET tool:
 
 .. code-block:: ini
 
-  		fcst = { field = [ 
-		
-		{ name = "HGT_P500"; level = [ "(*,*)" ]; } ]; }
+  		fcst = { field =
+		          [ 
+		           { name = "HGT_P500"; level = [ "(*,*)" ]; }
+			  ];
+		       }
 
 Do not use numbers, such as "(181,360)", please use "(\*,\*)" instead.
 NetCDF variables can have an arbitrary number of dimensions.
@@ -493,46 +491,27 @@ The config file should look something like this...
 .. code-block:: ini
 
 		fcst = { 
-		
-		wind_thresh = [ NA ];
-		
-		field = [ 
-		
-		{ 
-		
-		name = "LCDC"; 
-		
-		level = [ "L0" ]; 
-		
-		prob = TRUE; 
-		
-		cat_thresh = [ >=0.0, >=0.1, >=0.2, >=0.3, >=0.4, >=0.5, >=0.6, >=0.7, >=0.8, >=0.9];
-		
-		} 
-
-		];
-		
-		}; 
+		        wind_thresh = [ NA ];
+		        field = [ 
+		         { 
+		          name = "LCDC"; 
+		          level = [ "L0" ]; 
+		          prob = TRUE; 
+		          cat_thresh = [ >=0.0, >=0.1, >=0.2, >=0.3, >=0.4, >=0.5, >=0.6, >=0.7, >=0.8, >=0.9];
+		         }    
+		                ];
+		       }; 
 		
 		obs = {
-		
-		wind_thresh = [ NA ];
-		
-		field = [ 
-		
-		{ 
-		
-		name = "WIND"; 
-		
-		level = [ "Z2" ]; 
-		
-		cat_thresh = [ >=34 ]; 
-		
-		} 
-		
-		];
-		
-		};
+		       wind_thresh = [ NA ];
+		       field = [ 
+		        { 
+		         name = "WIND"; 
+			 level = [ "Z2" ]; 
+			 cat_thresh = [ >=34 ]; 
+			 } 
+			       ];
+		       };
 
 Without seeing how it's encoded in the GRIB file, it is unclear how to
 handle “name” in the forecast section. The PROB flag is set to TRUE
@@ -569,7 +548,6 @@ Note in there the following...
 .. code-block:: ini
 		    
 		"prob = TRUE;"  # tells MET to interpret this data a probability field. 
-		
 		"cat_thresh = [ >=0.0, >=0.1, >=0.2, >=0.3, >=0.4, >=0.5, >=0.6, >=0.7, >=0.8, >=0.9]; "
 
 Here the thresholds are used to fully partition the probability space
@@ -584,15 +562,10 @@ Run Grid-Stat using the following commands and the attached config file
 .. code-block:: ini
 		   
 		mkdir out 
-
 		${MET_BUILD_BASE}/bin/grid_stat \ 
-		
 		gfs_4_20160220_0000_012.grb2 \ 
-		
 		ST4.2016022012.06h \ 
-		
-		GridStatConfig \ 
-		
+		GridStatConfig \
 		-outdir out
 
 Note the following two sections of the Grid-Stat config file: 
@@ -600,16 +573,11 @@ Note the following two sections of the Grid-Stat config file:
 .. code-block:: ini
 		   
 		regrid = { 
-		
-		to_grid = OBS; 
-		
-		vld_thresh = 0.5; 
-		
-		method = BUDGET; 
-		
-		width = 2; 
-		
-		} 
+		          to_grid = OBS; 
+		          vld_thresh = 0.5; 
+		          method = BUDGET; 
+		          width = 2; 
+		         } 
 
 This tells Grid-Stat to do verification on the "observation" grid.
 Grid-Stat reads the GFS and Stage4 data and then automatically regrids
@@ -621,8 +589,7 @@ regrid both to NCEP Grid 212 before comparing them.
 
 .. code-block:: ini
 		   
-		mask = { grid = [ "FULL" ]; 
-		
+		mask = { grid = [ "FULL" ]; 	
 		poly = [ "MET_BASE/poly/CONUS.poly" ]; } 
 		
 This will compute statistics over the FULL model domain as well
@@ -634,11 +601,8 @@ commands to plot its NetCDF matched pairs output file:
 .. code-block:: ini
 		   
 		${MET_BUILD_BASE}/bin/plot_data_plane \ 
-		
 		out/grid_stat_120000L_20160220_120000V_pairs.nc \ 
-		
 		out/DIFF_APCP_06_A06_APCP_06_A06_CONUS.ps \ 
-		
 		'name="DIFF_APCP_06_A06_APCP_06_A06_CONUS"; level="(*,*)";'
 
 Examine the resulting plot of that difference field.
@@ -671,19 +635,12 @@ point where the temperature is less than 290 K to a value of 0:
 .. code-block:: ini
 		
 		{MET_BUILD_BASE}/bin/gen_vx_mask \ 
-		
 		data/sample_fcst/2005080700/wrfprs_ruc13_12.tm00_G212 \ 
-	
 		data/sample_fcst/2005080700/wrfprs_ruc13_12.tm00_G212 \ 
-		
 		APCP_03_where_2m_TMPge290.nc \ 
-		
 		-type data \ 
-		
 		-input_field 'name="APCP"; level="A3";' \ 
-		
 		-mask_field 'name="TMP"; level="Z2";' \ 
-		
 		-thresh 'lt290&&ne-9999' -v 4 -value 0
 		
 So this is a bit confusing. Here's what is happening: