diff --git a/docs/signs.rst b/docs/signs.rst
index 2bbb092..6490230 100644
--- a/docs/signs.rst
+++ b/docs/signs.rst
@@ -147,10 +147,12 @@ Here is a more complex example where not every marker of a certain id has a cert
                         'y':85,
                         'z':-234,
                         'name':'Bar'}],
-        'markers': [dict(name="Towns", filterFunction=townFilter, icon="town.png")],
+        'markers': [dict(name="Towns", filterFunction=townFilter, icon="icons/marker_town.png")],
         ### Note: The 'icon' parameter allows you to specify a custom icon, as per
         ###       standard markers. This icon must exist in the same folder as your
         ###       custom webassets or in the same folder as the generated index.html
+        ###       in this case, we use the marker_town.png icon which comes with
+        ###       the Overviewer by default, located in a subdirectory of web_assets.
     }
     
 
@@ -239,7 +241,7 @@ Marker Icons Overviewer ships by default
 ========================================
 
 Overviewer comes with multiple small icons that you can use for your markers.
-You can find them in the ``overviewer_core/data/web_assets/`` directory.
+You can find them in the ``overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons`` directory.
 
 If you want to make your own in the same style, you can use the provided
 ``marker_base_plain.svg`` and ``marker_base_plain_red.svg`` as template, with
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_anvil.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_anvil.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_anvil.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_anvil.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_anvil_red.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_anvil_red.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_anvil_red.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_anvil_red.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_base_plain.svg b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_base_plain.svg
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_base_plain.svg
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_base_plain.svg
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_base_plain_red.svg b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_base_plain_red.svg
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_base_plain_red.svg
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_base_plain_red.svg
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_factory.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_factory.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_factory.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_factory.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_factory_red.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_factory_red.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_factory_red.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_factory_red.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_hoe.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_hoe.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_hoe.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_hoe.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_hoe_red.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_hoe_red.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_hoe_red.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_hoe_red.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_mine.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_mine.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_mine.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_mine.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_mine_red.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_mine_red.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_mine_red.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_mine_red.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_ship.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_ship.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_ship.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_ship.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_ship_red.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_ship_red.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_ship_red.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_ship_red.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_tower.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_tower.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_tower.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_tower.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_tower_red.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_tower_red.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_tower_red.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_tower_red.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_town.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_town.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_town.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_town.png
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_town_red.png b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_town_red.png
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rename from overviewer_core/data/web_assets/marker_town_red.png
rename to overviewer_core/data/web_assets/icons/marker_town_red.png