diff --git a/Formatter/AbstractFormatter.php b/Formatter/AbstractFormatter.php
index e72d4de..1ef7c3e 100644
--- a/Formatter/AbstractFormatter.php
+++ b/Formatter/AbstractFormatter.php
@@ -51,4 +51,58 @@ abstract class AbstractFormatter implements FormatterInterface
      * @return string|array
      */
     abstract protected function render(array $collection);
+
+    /**
+     * Compresses nested parameters into a flat by changing the parameter
+     * names to strings which contain the nested property names, for example:
+     * `user[group][name]`
+     *
+     *
+     * @param  array   $data
+     * @param  string  $parentName
+     * @param  boolean $ignoreNestedReadOnly
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function compressNestedParameters(array $data, $parentName = null, $ignoreNestedReadOnly = false)
+    {
+        $newParams = array();
+
+        foreach ($data as $name => $info) {
+            $newName = $this->getNewName($name, $info, $parentName);
+
+            $newParams[$newName] = array(
+                'description' => $info['description'],
+                'dataType' => $info['dataType'],
+                'readonly' => $info['readonly'],
+                'required' => $info['required']
+            );
+
+            if (isset($info['children']) && (!$info['readonly'] || !$ignoreNestedReadOnly)) {
+                foreach ($this->compressNestedParameters($info['children'], $newName, $ignoreNestedReadOnly) as $nestedItemName => $nestedItemData) {
+                    $newParams[$nestedItemName] = $nestedItemData;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $newParams;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new property name, taking into account whether or not the property
+     * is an array of some other data type.
+     *
+     * @param  string $name
+     * @param  array  $data
+     * @param  string $parentName
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getNewName($name, $data, $parentName = null)
+    {
+        $newName = ($parentName) ? sprintf("%s[%s]", $parentName, $name) : $name;
+
+        $array = (false === strpos($data['dataType'], "array of")) ? "" : "[]";
+
+        return sprintf("%s%s", $newName, $array);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/Formatter/HtmlFormatter.php b/Formatter/HtmlFormatter.php
index 6ab6b15..0e570c7 100644
--- a/Formatter/HtmlFormatter.php
+++ b/Formatter/HtmlFormatter.php
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ class HtmlFormatter extends AbstractFormatter
      */
     protected function renderOne(array $data)
     {
+        if (isset($data['parameters'])) {
+            $data['parameters'] = $this->compressNestedParameters($data['parameters'], null, true);
+        }
+
+        if (isset($data['response'])) {
+            $data['response'] = $this->compressNestedParameters($data['response']);
+        }
+
         return $this->engine->render('NelmioApiDocBundle::resource.html.twig', array_merge(
             array('data' => $data, 'displayContent' => true),
             $this->getGlobalVars()
@@ -96,8 +104,25 @@ class HtmlFormatter extends AbstractFormatter
      */
     protected function render(array $collection)
     {
+        $processedCollection = array();
+
+        foreach ($collection as $path => $methods) {
+            $processedCollection[$path] = array();
+            foreach ($methods as $method) {
+                if (isset($method['parameters'])) {
+                    $method['parameters'] = $this->compressNestedParameters($method['parameters'], null, true);
+                }
+
+                if (isset($method['response'])) {
+                    $method['response'] = $this->compressNestedParameters($method['response']);
+                }
+
+                $processedCollection[$path][] = $method;
+            }
+        }
+
         return $this->engine->render('NelmioApiDocBundle::resources.html.twig', array_merge(
-            array('resources' => $collection),
+            array('resources' => $processedCollection),
             $this->getGlobalVars()
         ));
     }
@@ -117,4 +142,5 @@ class HtmlFormatter extends AbstractFormatter
             'js'             => file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../Resources/public/js/all.js'),
         );
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/Formatter/MarkdownFormatter.php b/Formatter/MarkdownFormatter.php
index 46a030c..b794ba4 100644
--- a/Formatter/MarkdownFormatter.php
+++ b/Formatter/MarkdownFormatter.php
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ class MarkdownFormatter extends AbstractFormatter
      */
     protected function renderOne(array $data)
     {
+        if (isset($data['parameters'])) {
+            $data['parameters'] = $this->compressNestedParameters($data['parameters'], null, true);
+        }
+
+        if (isset($data['response'])) {
+            $data['response'] = $this->compressNestedParameters($data['response']);
+        }
+
         $markdown = sprintf("### `%s` %s ###\n", $data['method'], $data['uri']);
 
         if (isset($data['description'])) {
@@ -73,16 +81,17 @@ class MarkdownFormatter extends AbstractFormatter
             $markdown .= "#### Parameters ####\n\n";
 
             foreach ($data['parameters'] as $name => $parameter) {
-                $markdown .= sprintf("%s:\n\n", $name);
-                $markdown .= sprintf("  * type: %s\n", $parameter['dataType']);
-                $markdown .= sprintf("  * required: %s\n", $parameter['required'] ? 'true' : 'false');
-                $markdown .= sprintf("  * readonly: %s\n", $parameter['readonly'] ? 'true' : 'false');
+                if (!$parameter['readonly']) {
+                    $markdown .= sprintf("%s:\n\n", $name);
+                    $markdown .= sprintf("  * type: %s\n", $parameter['dataType']);
+                    $markdown .= sprintf("  * required: %s\n", $parameter['required'] ? 'true' : 'false');
 
-                if (isset($parameter['description']) && !empty($parameter['description'])) {
-                    $markdown .= sprintf("  * description: %s\n", $parameter['description']);
+                    if (isset($parameter['description']) && !empty($parameter['description'])) {
+                        $markdown .= sprintf("  * description: %s\n", $parameter['description']);
+                    }
+
+                    $markdown .= "\n";
                 }
-
-                $markdown .= "\n";
             }
         }
 
@@ -92,8 +101,6 @@ class MarkdownFormatter extends AbstractFormatter
             foreach ($data['response'] as $name => $parameter) {
                 $markdown .= sprintf("%s:\n\n", $name);
                 $markdown .= sprintf("  * type: %s\n", $parameter['dataType']);
-                $markdown .= sprintf("  * required: %s\n", $parameter['required'] ? 'true' : 'false');
-                $markdown .= sprintf("  * readonly: %s\n", $parameter['readonly'] ? 'true' : 'false');
 
                 if (isset($parameter['description']) && !empty($parameter['description'])) {
                     $markdown .= sprintf("  * description: %s\n", $parameter['description']);
diff --git a/Parser/JmsMetadataParser.php b/Parser/JmsMetadataParser.php
index 61961e9..c9fef78 100644
--- a/Parser/JmsMetadataParser.php
+++ b/Parser/JmsMetadataParser.php
@@ -162,9 +162,8 @@ class JmsMetadataParser implements ParserInterface
     {
         $ref = new \ReflectionClass($className);
         $extracted = $this->commentExtractor->getDocCommentText($ref->getProperty($propertyName));
-        $description = !empty($extracted) ? $extracted : "No description.";
 
-        return $description;
+        return !empty($extracted) ? $extracted : "No description.";
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/Resources/config/services.xml b/Resources/config/services.xml
index 09a8e25..c1f9f7e 100644
--- a/Resources/config/services.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/services.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <services>
         <service id='nelmio_api_doc.doc_comment_extractor' class='%nelmio_api_doc.doc_comment_extractor.class%' />
-        
+
         <service id="nelmio_api_doc.extractor.api_doc_extractor" class="%nelmio_api_doc.extractor.api_doc_extractor.class%">
             <argument type="service" id="service_container"/>
             <argument type="service" id="router" />
diff --git a/Tests/Formatter/MarkdownFormatterTest.php b/Tests/Formatter/MarkdownFormatterTest.php
index dc8c6af..4138e52 100644
--- a/Tests/Formatter/MarkdownFormatterTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Formatter/MarkdownFormatterTest.php
@@ -83,20 +83,17 @@ a:
 
   * type: string
   * required: true
-  * readonly: false
   * description: A nice description
 
 b:
 
   * type: string
   * required: false
-  * readonly: false
 
 c:
 
   * type: boolean
   * required: true
-  * readonly: false
 
 
 ### `POST` /tests.{_format} ###
@@ -114,20 +111,17 @@ a:
 
   * type: string
   * required: true
-  * readonly: false
   * description: A nice description
 
 b:
 
   * type: string
   * required: false
-  * readonly: false
 
 c:
 
   * type: boolean
   * required: true
-  * readonly: false
 
 
 
@@ -143,7 +137,6 @@ a:
 
   * type: string
   * required: true
-  * readonly: false
   * description: A nice description
 
 
@@ -172,44 +165,60 @@ foo:
 
   * type: string
   * required: false
-  * readonly: false
-  * description: No description.
-
-bar:
-
-  * type: DateTime
-  * required: false
-  * readonly: true
   * description: No description.
 
 number:
 
   * type: double
   * required: false
-  * readonly: false
   * description: No description.
 
 arr:
 
   * type: array
   * required: false
-  * readonly: false
   * description: No description.
 
 nested:
 
   * type: object (JmsNested)
   * required: false
-  * readonly: false
   * description: No description.
 
-nestedArray:
+nested[bar]:
+
+  * type: string
+  * required: false
+  * description: No description.
+
+nested[baz][]:
+
+  * type: array of integers
+  * required: false
+  * description: Epic description.
+
+With multiple lines.
+
+nestedArray[]:
 
   * type: array of objects (JmsNested)
   * required: false
-  * readonly: false
   * description: No description.
 
+nestedArray[][bar]:
+
+  * type: string
+  * required: false
+  * description: No description.
+
+nestedArray[][baz][]:
+
+  * type: array of integers
+  * required: false
+  * description: Epic description.
+
+With multiple lines.
+
 
 ### `GET` /jms-return-test ###
 
@@ -220,8 +229,6 @@ _Testing return_
 a:
 
   * type: string
-  * required: true
-  * readonly: false
   * description: A nice description