diff --git a/docs/notebooks b/docs/notebooks
index 96905e6f3..8494aa108 160000
--- a/docs/notebooks
+++ b/docs/notebooks
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 96905e6f3c81c09437ceff59aef3e51efe17e5cc
+Subproject commit 8494aa108cbc4878c5d7b3e7965a7d93d1dd2178
diff --git a/tidy3d/components/base.py b/tidy3d/components/base.py
index 86daf7f0d..3196f4498 100644
--- a/tidy3d/components/base.py
+++ b/tidy3d/components/base.py
@@ -1089,8 +1089,7 @@ def generate_docstring(cls) -> str:
             default_val = field.get_default()
             if "=" in str(default_val):
                 # handle cases where default values are pydantic models
-                default_val = f"{default_val.__class__.__name__}({default_val})"
-                default_val = (", ").join(default_val.split(" "))
+                default_val = f"{default_val.__class__.__name__}"
 
             # make first line: name : type = default
             default_str = "" if field.required else f" = {default_val}"