diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b72c584..032ad0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $\ = ' -- '
 print $', $$, "\n"
 ```
 
-With English:
+With 'English':
 
 ```ruby
 require "English"
@@ -44,62 +44,62 @@ The aliases are defined in [English.rb](lib/English.rb), and are as follows, fir
 
 ### Builtin to Alias Table
 
-| Builtin | Alias                    |
-| :-----: | ------------------------ |
-|   $!    | $ERROR_INFO              |
-|   $$    | $PID                     |
-|   $$    | $PROCESS_ID              |
-|   $&    | $MATCH                   |
-|   $'    | $POSTMATCH               |
-|   $*    | $ARGV                    |
-|   $+    | $LAST_PAREN_MATCH        |
-|   $,    | $OFS                     |
-|   $,    | $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR  |
-|   $.    | $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER       |
-|   $.    | $NR                      |
-|   $/    | $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR  |
-|   $/    | $RS                      |
-|   $;    | $FIELD_SEPARATOR         |
-|   $;    | $FS                      |
-|   $<    | $DEFAULT_INPUT           |
-|   $>    | $DEFAULT_OUTPUT          |
-|   $?    | $CHILD_STATUS            |
-|   $@    | $ERROR_POSITION          |
-|   $\    | $ORS                     |
-|   $\    | $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR |
-|   $_    | $LAST_READ_LINE          |
-|   $`    | $PREMATCH                |
-|   $~    | $LAST_MATCH_INFO         |
+| Builtin  | Alias                      |
+| :------: | -------------------------- |
+| `` $! `` | `$ERROR_INFO`              |
+| `` $$ `` | `$PID`                     |
+| `` $$ `` | `$PROCESS_ID`              |
+| `` $& `` | `$MATCH`                   |
+| `` $' `` | `$POSTMATCH`               |
+| `` $* `` | `$ARGV`                    |
+| `` $+ `` | `$LAST_PAREN_MATCH`        |
+| `` $, `` | `$OFS`                     |
+| `` $, `` | `$OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR`  |
+| `` $. `` | `$INPUT_LINE_NUMBER`       |
+| `` $. `` | `$NR`                      |
+| `` $/ `` | `$INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR`  |
+| `` $/ `` | `$RS`                      |
+| `` $; `` | `$FIELD_SEPARATOR`         |
+| `` $; `` | `$FS`                      |
+| `` $< `` | `$DEFAULT_INPUT`           |
+| `` $> `` | `$DEFAULT_OUTPUT`          |
+| `` $? `` | `$CHILD_STATUS`            |
+| `` $@ `` | `$ERROR_POSITION`          |
+| `` $\ `` | `$ORS`                     |
+| `` $\ `` | `$OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR` |
+| `` $_ `` | `$LAST_READ_LINE`          |
+| `` $` `` | `$PREMATCH`                |
+| `` $~ `` | `$LAST_MATCH_INFO`         |
 
 
 ### Alias to Builtin Table
 
-| Alias                    | Builtin |
-| ------------------------ | :-----: |
-| $ARGV                    |   $*    |
-| $CHILD_STATUS            |   $?    |
-| $DEFAULT_INPUT           |   $<    |
-| $DEFAULT_OUTPUT          |   $>    |
-| $ERROR_INFO              |   $!    |
-| $ERROR_POSITION          |   $@    |
-| $FIELD_SEPARATOR         |   $;    |
-| $FS                      |   $;    |
-| $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER       |   $.    |
-| $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR  |   $/    |
-| $LAST_MATCH_INFO         |   $~    |
-| $LAST_PAREN_MATCH        |   $+    |
-| $LAST_READ_LINE          |   $_    |
-| $MATCH                   |   $&    |
-| $NR                      |   $.    |
-| $OFS                     |   $,    |
-| $ORS                     |   $\    |
-| $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR  |   $,    |
-| $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR |   $\    |
-| $PID                     |   $$    |
-| $POSTMATCH               |   $'    |
-| $PREMATCH                |   $`    |
-| $PROCESS_ID              |   $$    |
-| $RS                      |   $/    |
+| Alias                      | Builtin  |
+| -------------------------- | :------: |
+| `$ARGV`                    | `` $* `` |
+| `$CHILD_STATUS`            | `` $? `` |
+| `$DEFAULT_INPUT`           | `` $< `` |
+| `$DEFAULT_OUTPUT`          | `` $> `` |
+| `$ERROR_INFO`              | `` $! `` |
+| `$ERROR_POSITION`          | `` $@ `` |
+| `$FIELD_SEPARATOR`         | `` $; `` |
+| `$FS`                      | `` $; `` |
+| `$INPUT_LINE_NUMBER`       | `` $. `` |
+| `$INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR`  | `` $/ `` |
+| `$LAST_MATCH_INFO`         | `` $~ `` |
+| `$LAST_PAREN_MATCH`        | `` $+ `` |
+| `$LAST_READ_LINE`          | `` $_ `` |
+| `$MATCH`                   | `` $& `` |
+| `$NR`                      | `` $. `` |
+| `$OFS`                     | `` $, `` |
+| `$ORS`                     | `` $\ `` |
+| `$OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR`  | `` $, `` |
+| `$OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR` | `` $\ `` |
+| `$PID`                     | `` $$ `` |
+| `$POSTMATCH`               | `` $' `` |
+| `$PREMATCH`                | `` $` `` |
+| `$PROCESS_ID`              | `` $$ `` |
+| `$RS`                      | `` $/ `` |
 
 
 ## Development
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index fa19701..4f7be77 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
 
-file "README.md" => "lib/English.rb" do
-  ruby "bin/alias_markdown_table_generator", "README.md"
+generator = "bin/alias_markdown_table_generator"
+file "README.md" => ["lib/English.rb", generator] do
+  ruby generator, "README.md"
+end
+task "update-alias-table" do
+  ruby "-i", "bin/alias_list_update.rb", "lib/English.rb"
 end
diff --git a/bin/alias_list_update.rb b/bin/alias_list_update.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dbd4512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/alias_list_update.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!ruby
+content = ARGF.file.read
+list = content.scan(/^alias (\$\S+)( +)(\$.)$/).map do |a, s, b|
+  "#  <tt>#{a}</tt>::#{s}<tt>#{b}</tt>\n"
+end
+puts content.sub(/^# *Below is a full list.*(?:\n# *\S.*)*\n#\n\K(?:#  .*\n)*/) {
+  list.join("")
+}
diff --git a/bin/alias_markdown_table_generator b/bin/alias_markdown_table_generator
index 7fc8dc6..46809cd 100755
--- a/bin/alias_markdown_table_generator
+++ b/bin/alias_markdown_table_generator
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
 #
 # | Alias                    | Built-In |
 # | ------------------------ | :------: |
-# | $ARGV                    |    $*    |
-# | $CHILD_STATUS            |    $?    |
+# | `$ARGV`                  | `` $* `` |
+# | `$CHILD_STATUS`          | `` $? `` |
 #
 #  and:
 #
 # | Built-In | Alias                    |
-# | -------- | :----------------------: |
-# |    $*    | $ARGV                    |
-# |    $?    | $CHILD_STATUS            |
+# | :------: | ------------------------ |
+# | `` $* `` | `$ARGV`                  |
+# | `` $? `` | `$CHILD_STATUS`          |
 #
 # Some of the formatting done here is not necessary, but is done to make the generated markdown more readable.
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class FileParser
   ALIAS_SOURCE_FILESPEC = File.join(__dir__, '../lib/English.rb')
 
   def self.parse(code_text_lines=File.readlines(ALIAS_SOURCE_FILESPEC))
-    code_text_lines.grep(/^\s*alias\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)/) {$~.captures}
+    code_text_lines.grep(/^\s*alias\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)/) {["`#$1`", "`` #$2 ``"]}
   end
 end
 
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ if __FILE__ == $0
       if replace
         case line
         when /^##?\s/, /^### (?!Alias to Builtin Table)/
-          puts line
           replace = false
+        else
+          next
         end
-      else
-        puts line
       end
+      puts line
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/English.rb b/lib/English.rb
index 03fe721..bf7896d 100644
--- a/lib/English.rb
+++ b/lib/English.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #      "waterbuffalo" =~ /buff/
 #      print $', $$, "\n"
 #
-#  With English:
+#  With 'English':
 #
 #      require "English"
 #
@@ -20,30 +20,30 @@
 #  Below is a full list of descriptive aliases and their associated global
 #  variable:
 #
-#  $ERROR_INFO::              $!
-#  $ERROR_POSITION::          $@
-#  $FS::                      $;
-#  $FIELD_SEPARATOR::         $;
-#  $OFS::                     $,
-#  $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR::  $,
-#  $RS::                      $/
-#  $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR::  $/
-#  $ORS::                     $\
-#  $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR:: $\
-#  $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER::       $.
-#  $NR::                      $.
-#  $LAST_READ_LINE::          $_
-#  $DEFAULT_OUTPUT::          $>
-#  $DEFAULT_INPUT::           $<
-#  $PID::                     $$
-#  $PROCESS_ID::              $$
-#  $CHILD_STATUS::            $?
-#  $LAST_MATCH_INFO::         $~
-#  $ARGV::                    $*
-#  $MATCH::                   $&
-#  $PREMATCH::                $`
-#  $POSTMATCH::               $'
-#  $LAST_PAREN_MATCH::        $+
+#  <tt>$ERROR_INFO</tt>::              <tt>$!</tt>
+#  <tt>$ERROR_POSITION</tt>::          <tt>$@</tt>
+#  <tt>$FS</tt>::                      <tt>$;</tt>
+#  <tt>$FIELD_SEPARATOR</tt>::         <tt>$;</tt>
+#  <tt>$OFS</tt>::                     <tt>$,</tt>
+#  <tt>$OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR</tt>::  <tt>$,</tt>
+#  <tt>$RS</tt>::                      <tt>$/</tt>
+#  <tt>$INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR</tt>::  <tt>$/</tt>
+#  <tt>$ORS</tt>::                     <tt>$\</tt>
+#  <tt>$OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR</tt>:: <tt>$\</tt>
+#  <tt>$NR</tt>::                      <tt>$.</tt>
+#  <tt>$INPUT_LINE_NUMBER</tt>::       <tt>$.</tt>
+#  <tt>$LAST_READ_LINE</tt>::          <tt>$_</tt>
+#  <tt>$DEFAULT_OUTPUT</tt>::          <tt>$></tt>
+#  <tt>$DEFAULT_INPUT</tt>::           <tt>$<</tt>
+#  <tt>$PID</tt>::                     <tt>$$</tt>
+#  <tt>$PROCESS_ID</tt>::              <tt>$$</tt>
+#  <tt>$CHILD_STATUS</tt>::            <tt>$?</tt>
+#  <tt>$LAST_MATCH_INFO</tt>::         <tt>$~</tt>
+#  <tt>$ARGV</tt>::                    <tt>$*</tt>
+#  <tt>$MATCH</tt>::                   <tt>$&</tt>
+#  <tt>$PREMATCH</tt>::                <tt>$`</tt>
+#  <tt>$POSTMATCH</tt>::               <tt>$'</tt>
+#  <tt>$LAST_PAREN_MATCH</tt>::        <tt>$+</tt>
 #
 module English end if false