diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1d6f2940e..bf77294ce 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1219,9 +1219,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "doku"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f6e0b8876b34b3a2504166bac1a5a8cb7ad65dc854e7a70b1114c055df1efc04"
+checksum = "966b1227ac4d9d77f4d7e9507dd01c56ceaec6e35888661b54319123da47b159"
 dependencies = [
  "doku-derive",
  "serde",
@@ -1231,9 +1231,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "doku-derive"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6430bef5fcbfa22f3c431f05a14254d45f41ab634cabe09fad82e98d4f9fdc8b"
+checksum = "252ec56116f931b050b5d80512c2c76f4807a297dd95a93f37593dd7650868a5"
 dependencies = [
  "darling 0.13.4",
  "proc-macro2 1.0.47",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c01d013c9..30d36e948 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.11.12", features = ["json"] }
 reqwest-middleware = "0.1.6"
 reqwest-tracing = "0.3.1"
 clokwerk = "0.3.5"
-doku = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["url-2"] }
+doku = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["url-2"] }
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 reqwest-retry = "0.1.5"
 console-subscriber = { version = "0.1.8", optional = true }
diff --git a/config/defaults.hjson b/config/defaults.hjson
index e92117787..e2ad2b41a 100644
--- a/config/defaults.hjson
+++ b/config/defaults.hjson
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     smtp_login: "string"
     # Password to login to the smtp server
     smtp_password: "string"
-    # Address to send emails from, eg noreply@your-instance.com
+    # Address to send emails from, eg "noreply@your-instance.com"
     smtp_from_address: "noreply@example.com"
     # Whether or not smtp connections should use tls. Can be none, tls, or starttls
     tls_type: "none"
diff --git a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
index f4537590e..43cbd8bff 100644
--- a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ http = "0.2.8"
 deser-hjson = "1.0.2"
 smart-default = "0.6.0"
 jsonwebtoken = "8.1.1"
-doku = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["url-2"] }
+doku = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["url-2"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.2.1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 html2text = "0.4.3"
 rosetta-i18n = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/scripts/update_config_defaults.sh b/scripts/update_config_defaults.sh
index f15f54a30..07aceb3ef 100755
--- a/scripts/update_config_defaults.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_config_defaults.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,3 @@ set -e
 dest=${1-config/defaults.hjson}
 
 cargo run -- --print-config-docs > "$dest"
-# replace // comments with #
-sed -i "s/^\([[:space:]]*\)\/\//\1#/" "$dest"
-# remove trailing commas
-sed -i "s/,\$//" "$dest"
-# remove quotes around json keys
-sed -i "s/\"//" "$dest"
-sed -i "s/\"//" "$dest"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fd0f3c703..5d1a3a1a7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ extern crate diesel_migrations;
 use actix::prelude::*;
 use actix_web::{web::Data, *};
 use diesel_migrations::EmbeddedMigrations;
-use doku::json::{AutoComments, Formatting};
+use doku::json::{AutoComments, CommentsStyle, Formatting, ObjectsStyle};
 use lemmy_api::match_websocket_operation;
 use lemmy_api_common::{
   lemmy_db_views::structs::SiteView,
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
   if args.len() == 2 && args[1] == "--print-config-docs" {
     let fmt = Formatting {
       auto_comments: AutoComments::none(),
+      comments_style: CommentsStyle {
+        separator: "#".to_owned(),
+      },
+      objects_style: ObjectsStyle {
+        surround_keys_with_quotes: false,
+        use_comma_as_separator: false,
+      },
       ..Default::default()
     };
     println!("{}", doku::to_json_fmt_val(&fmt, &Settings::default()));