diff --git a/contributed_definitions/NXxps.nxdl.xml b/contributed_definitions/NXxps.nxdl.xml
index f3d603846..d28929b17 100644
--- a/contributed_definitions/NXxps.nxdl.xml
+++ b/contributed_definitions/NXxps.nxdl.xml
@@ -461,14 +461,6 @@
                         <doc>
                              Human-readable description of the background fit function.
                              
-                             .. csv-table:: Examples for background descriptions
-                               :header: "Background Type", "Description"
-                               
-                               "Linear", "Linear background, i.e., a simple straight line from the minimal to the maximal abscissa value."
-                               "Shirley", "Shirley background. In the Shirley background, the background intensity at any given binding energy is proportional to the intensity of the total peak area above the background in the lower binding energy peak range (i.e., the background goes up in proportion to the total number of photoelectrons below its binding energy position)."
-                               "Tougaard", "Tougaard background (or Tougaard universal cross-section approach) which is a methodology for integrating the intensity of the background at a given binding energy from the spectral intensities to higher kinetic energies."
-                               "Step Down/Step Up", "Background function for fitting a complementary error function to an edge, used for fitting a step in the data."
-                             
                              In case none of these examples apply, the functional form of the background should be given by the `formula`
                              field.
                         </doc>
diff --git a/contributed_definitions/nyaml/NXxps.yaml b/contributed_definitions/nyaml/NXxps.yaml
index ca75927e8..d9f46d223 100644
--- a/contributed_definitions/nyaml/NXxps.yaml
+++ b/contributed_definitions/nyaml/NXxps.yaml
@@ -346,14 +346,6 @@ NXxps(NXmpes):
             doc: |
               Human-readable description of the background fit function.
               
-              .. csv-table:: Examples for background descriptions
-                :header: "Background Type", "Description"
-                
-                "Linear", "Linear background, i.e., a simple straight line from the minimal to the maximal abscissa value."
-                "Shirley", "Shirley background. In the Shirley background, the background intensity at any given binding energy is proportional to the intensity of the total peak area above the background in the lower binding energy peak range (i.e., the background goes up in proportion to the total number of photoelectrons below its binding energy position)."
-                "Tougaard", "Tougaard background (or Tougaard universal cross-section approach) which is a methodology for integrating the intensity of the background at a given binding energy from the spectral intensities to higher kinetic energies."
-                "Step Down/Step Up", "Background function for fitting a complementary error function to an edge, used for fitting a step in the data."
-              
               In case none of these examples apply, the functional form of the background should be given by the `formula`
               field.
           formula:
@@ -375,7 +367,7 @@ NXxps(NXmpes):
         \@metric:
 
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 # <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 # <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="nxdlformat.xsl"?>
 # <!--
@@ -839,14 +831,6 @@ NXxps(NXmpes):
 #                         <doc>
 #                              Human-readable description of the background fit function.
 #                              
-#                              .. csv-table:: Examples for background descriptions
-#                                :header: "Background Type", "Description"
-#                                
-#                                "Linear", "Linear background, i.e., a simple straight line from the minimal to the maximal abscissa value."
-#                                "Shirley", "Shirley background. In the Shirley background, the background intensity at any given binding energy is proportional to the intensity of the total peak area above the background in the lower binding energy peak range (i.e., the background goes up in proportion to the total number of photoelectrons below its binding energy position)."
-#                                "Tougaard", "Tougaard background (or Tougaard universal cross-section approach) which is a methodology for integrating the intensity of the background at a given binding energy from the spectral intensities to higher kinetic energies."
-#                                "Step Down/Step Up", "Background function for fitting a complementary error function to an edge, used for fitting a step in the data."
-#                              
 #                              In case none of these examples apply, the functional form of the background should be given by the `formula`
 #                              field.
 #                         </doc>