diff --git a/lib/puppet/reference/indirection.rb b/lib/puppet/reference/indirection.rb
index a30a9a179..af1440d1e 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/reference/indirection.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/reference/indirection.rb
@@ -1,33 +1,32 @@
 require 'puppet/indirector/indirection'
 require 'puppet/util/checksums'
 require 'puppet/file_serving/content'
 require 'puppet/file_serving/metadata'
 
 reference = Puppet::Util::Reference.newreference :indirection, :doc => "Indirection types and their terminus classes" do
   text = ""
   Puppet::Indirector::Indirection.instances.sort { |a,b| a.to_s <=> b.to_s }.each do |indirection|
     ind = Puppet::Indirector::Indirection.instance(indirection)
     name = indirection.to_s.capitalize
     text << "## " + indirection.to_s + "\n\n"
 
     text << ind.doc + "\n\n"
 
     Puppet::Indirector::Terminus.terminus_classes(ind.name).sort { |a,b| a.to_s <=> b.to_s }.each do |terminus|
-      text += "### " + terminus.to_s + "\n\n"
-
+      terminus_name = terminus.to_s
       term_class = Puppet::Indirector::Terminus.terminus_class(ind.name, terminus)
-
-      text += Puppet::Util::Docs.scrub(term_class.doc) + "\n\n"
+      terminus_doc = Puppet::Util::Docs.scrub(term_class.doc)
+      text << markdown_definitionlist(terminus_name, terminus_doc)
     end
   end
 
   text
 end
 
 reference.header = "This is the list of all indirections, their associated terminus classes, and how you select between them.
 
 In general, the appropriate terminus class is selected by the application for you (e.g., `puppet agent` would always use the `rest`
 terminus for most of its indirected classes), but some classes are tunable via normal settings.  These will have `terminus setting` documentation listed with them.
 
 
 "