diff --git a/docs/options.rst b/docs/options.rst
index ba07dea..4c752e4 100644
--- a/docs/options.rst
+++ b/docs/options.rst
@@ -345,8 +345,9 @@ Less Useful Options
 
 .. cmdoption:: --skip-js
 
-    Skip the generation and output of markers.js and regions.js to the output
-    directory.
+    Skip the generation and output of markers.js, which is typically generated
+    from the signs in your world. This is useful if you want to generate your
+    own and don't want this one getting in the way.
 
     **Settings file:**
         Option name: ``skipjs``
diff --git a/overviewer.py b/overviewer.py
index 5a4c048..89d3697 100755
--- a/overviewer.py
+++ b/overviewer.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def main():
     parser.add_option("--check-terrain", dest="check_terrain", helptext="Prints the location and hash of terrain.png, useful for debugging terrain.png problems", action="store_true", advanced=False, commandLineOnly=True)
     parser.add_option("-q", "--quiet", dest="quiet", action="count", default=0, helptext="Print less output. You can specify this option multiple times.")
     parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose", dest="verbose", action="count", default=0, helptext="Print more output. You can specify this option multiple times.")
-    parser.add_option("--skip-js", dest="skipjs", action="store_true", helptext="Don't output marker.js or regions.js")
+    parser.add_option("--skip-js", dest="skipjs", action="store_true", helptext="Don't output marker.js")
     parser.add_option("--no-signs", dest="nosigns", action="store_true", helptext="Don't output signs to markers.js")
     parser.add_option("--north-direction", dest="north_direction", action="store", helptext="Specifies which corner of the screen north will point to. Defaults to whatever the current map uses, or lower-left for new maps. Valid options are: " + ", ".join(avail_north_dirs) + ".", type="choice", default="auto", choices=avail_north_dirs)
     parser.add_option("--changelist", dest="changelist", action="store", helptext="Output list of changed tiles to file. If the file exists, its contents will be overwritten.",advanced=True)
diff --git a/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/regions.js b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/regions.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acd83e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overviewer_core/data/web_assets/regions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// This is just an example. You can run some scripts to generate regions that
+// will be drawn here.
+overviewer.collections.regionDatas.push([
+  // {"color": "#FFAA00", "opacity": 0.5, "closed": true, "path": [
+  //   {"x": 0, "y": 0, "z": 0},
+  //   {"x": 0, "y": 10, "z": 0},
+  //   {"x": 0, "y": 0, "z": 10}
+  // ]},
+]);
diff --git a/overviewer_core/googlemap.py b/overviewer_core/googlemap.py
index 8d8a992..f879be9 100644
--- a/overviewer_core/googlemap.py
+++ b/overviewer_core/googlemap.py
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ class MapGen(object):
         """Generates a Google Maps interface for the given list of
         quadtrees. All of the quadtrees must have the same destdir,
         image format, and world. 
-        Note:tiledir for each quadtree should be unique. By default the tiledir is determined by the rendermode"""
+
+        Note:tiledir for each quadtree should be unique. By default the tiledir
+        is determined by the rendermode
+        
+        """
         
         self.skipjs = configInfo.get('skipjs', False)
         self.nosigns = configInfo.get('nosigns', False)
@@ -94,8 +98,9 @@ class MapGen(object):
         self.quadtrees = quadtrees
     
     def go(self, procs):
-        """Writes out config.js, marker.js, and region.js
-        Copies web assets into the destdir"""
+        """Writes out overviewerConfig.js and does copying of the other static web assets
+
+        """
         zoomlevel = self.p
 
         bgcolor = (int(self.bg_color[1:3],16), int(self.bg_color[3:5],16), int(self.bg_color[5:7],16), 0)
@@ -171,6 +176,9 @@ class MapGen(object):
 
 
     def finalize(self):
+        """Write out persistent data file and marker listings file
+
+        """
         # since we will only discover PointsOfInterest in chunks that need to be 
         # [re]rendered, POIs like signs in unchanged chunks will not be listed
         # in self.world.POI.  To make sure we don't remove these from markers.js
@@ -203,14 +211,3 @@ class MapGen(object):
                     output.write(",")
                 output.write("\n")
             output.write("]);\n")
-        
-        # write out the default (empty, but documented) region table
-        with codecs.open(os.path.join(self.destdir, "regions.js"), 'w', encoding='UTF-8') as output:
-            output.write('overviewer.collections.regionDatas.push([\n')
-            output.write('  // {"color": "#FFAA00", "opacity": 0.5, "closed": true, "path": [\n')
-            output.write('  //   {"x": 0, "y": 0, "z": 0},\n')
-            output.write('  //   {"x": 0, "y": 10, "z": 0},\n')
-            output.write('  //   {"x": 0, "y": 0, "z": 10}\n')
-            output.write('  // ]},\n')
-            output.write(']);')
-