diff --git a/autogenerate_config_docs/autohelp-wrapper b/autogenerate_config_docs/autohelp-wrapper
index 8d6a7fba..78e70726 100755
--- a/autogenerate_config_docs/autohelp-wrapper
+++ b/autogenerate_config_docs/autohelp-wrapper
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ activate_venv() {
     project=$1
 
     . $VENVDIR/$project/bin/activate
-    pip install --upgrade pip
+    pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
 }
 
 get_project() {
diff --git a/autogenerate_config_docs/diff_branches.py b/autogenerate_config_docs/diff_branches.py
index 7c3e6049..fcc7c06d 100755
--- a/autogenerate_config_docs/diff_branches.py
+++ b/autogenerate_config_docs/diff_branches.py
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ def get_options(project, branch, args):
         cmd = ("python extract_swift_flags.py dump "
                "-s %(sources)s/swift -m %(sources)s/openstack-manuals" %
                {'sources': args.sources})
+        if branch == 'stable/liberty':
+            cmd += " -f docbook"
         repo_path = args.sources
     else:
         packages = _get_packages(project, branch)
@@ -215,11 +217,13 @@ def get_env(project, new_branch, old_list, new_list):
         for name in sorted(new_opts, _cmpopts):
             opt = new_list[name][1]
             name = format_option_name(name)
+            helptext = opt['help'].strip().replace('\n', ' ')
+            helptext = ' '.join(helptext.split())
             cells = (("%(name)s = %(default)s" %
                       {'name': name,
                        'default': opt['default']}).strip(),
                      "(%(type)s) %(help)s" % {'type': opt['type'],
-                                              'help': opt['help']})
+                                              'help': helptext})
             env['new_opts'].append(cells)
 
     # New defaults
diff --git a/autogenerate_config_docs/extract_swift_flags.py b/autogenerate_config_docs/extract_swift_flags.py
index 4ecbb82e..9c4f1245 100644
--- a/autogenerate_config_docs/extract_swift_flags.py
+++ b/autogenerate_config_docs/extract_swift_flags.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def get_existing_options_from_rst(optfiles):
     """Parse an existing RST table to compile a list of existing options."""
     options = {}
     for optfile in optfiles:
-        input_string = open(optfile).read()
+        input_string = open(optfile).read().replace(':ref:', '')
         output, pub = core.publish_programmatically(
             source_class=io.StringInput, source=input_string,
             source_path=optfile, destination_class=io.NullOutput,
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def get_existing_options(optfiles):
     for optfile in optfiles:
         if optfile.endswith('/swift-conf-changes.xml'):
             continue
-        xml = etree.fromstring(open(optfile).read())
+        xml = etree.fromstring(open(optfile).read().replace(':ref:', ''))
         tbody = xml.find(DBK_NS + "tbody")
         trlist = tbody.findall(DBK_NS + "tr")
         for tr in trlist:
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ def read_options(swift_repo, manuals_repo, read_from, verbose):
         options = get_existing_options(
             glob.glob(manuals_repo + '/doc/common/tables/swift*xml'))
 
-    sys.exit(0)
-
     option_descs = extract_descriptions_from_devref(swift_repo, options)
     conf_samples = glob.glob(swift_repo + '/etc/*conf-sample')
     for sample in conf_samples: