diff --git a/.release-notes/bad-doc-gen.md b/.release-notes/bad-doc-gen.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b1987c1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-notes/bad-doc-gen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Fix incorrect markdown formatting for types from documentation generation
+
+Previously, we were incorrectly creating field types in markdown documentation. The markdown for the type should have been on a single line but for long union types, it would end up crossing lines. That resulted in broken markdown that wouldn't display correctly.
diff --git a/src/libponyc/pass/docgen.c b/src/libponyc/pass/docgen.c
index 8279e6be58..2a7764c7f8 100644
--- a/src/libponyc/pass/docgen.c
+++ b/src/libponyc/pass/docgen.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static void doc_fields(docgen_t* docgen, docgen_opt_t* docgen_opt,
     }
 
     fprintf(docgen->type_file, "### %s %s: ", ftype, name);
-    doc_type(docgen, docgen_opt, type, true, true);
+    doc_type(docgen, docgen_opt, type, true, false);
     add_source_code_link(docgen, field);
     fprintf(docgen->type_file, "\n");