diff --git a/static/js/apiDialog.js b/static/js/apiDialog.js
index 9d32f86cf..9e018415e 100644
--- a/static/js/apiDialog.js
+++ b/static/js/apiDialog.js
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ pandora.ui.apiDialog = function() {
                     source: string.replace(
                         /\n(?=(takes \{|returns \{|note: |see: ))/g, '\n\n'
                     ).replace(
-                        /(takes|returns|notes|see)(?=( \{|: ))/g, 'BOLD$1BOLD'
+                        /(takes|returns)(?=( \{))/g, 'BOLD$1BOLD'
+                    ).replace(
+                        /(notes:|see:)(?=( ))/g, 'BOLD$1BOLD'
                     ).replace(
                         /`/g, 'BOLD'
                     )
@@ -145,12 +147,12 @@ pandora.ui.apiDialog = function() {
             $doc.find('.Ox' + type).removeClass('Ox' + type);
         });
         $doc.html(
-            $doc.html().replace(/BOLD(\w+)BOLD/g, '<b>$1</b>')
+            $doc.html().replace(/BOLD([\w:]+)BOLD/g, '<b>$1</b>')
         );
         parts = $doc.html().split('<b>notes</b>');
         if (parts.length == 2) {
             parts_ = parts[1].split('<b>see</b>');
-            if (len(parts_) == 2) {
+            if (parts_.length == 2) {
                 parts_[0] = parts_[0].replace(/\n\s+?/g, ' ');
                 parts[1] = parts_.join('<b>see</b>');
             } else {