diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/README.md b/workspaces/arborist/README.md
index 81d79cbf3021b..8a111f3c70fe2 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/README.md
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/README.md
@@ -267,53 +267,19 @@ are updated by arborist when necessary whenever the tree is modified in
such a way that the dependency graph can change, and are relevant when
pruning nodes from the tree.
-```
-| extraneous | peer | dev | optional | devOptional | meaning | prune? |
-|------------+------+-----+----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------|
-| | | | | | production dep | never |
-|------------+------+-----+----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------|
-| X | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | nothing depends on | always |
-| | | | | | this, it is trash | |
-|------------+------+-----+----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------|
-| | | X | | X | devDependency, or | if pruning dev |
-| | | | | not in lock | only depended upon | |
-| | | | | | by devDependencies | |
-|------------+------+-----+----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------|
-| | | | X | X | optionalDependency, | if pruning |
-| | | | | not in lock | or only depended on | optional |
-| | | | | | by optionalDeps | |
-|------------+------+-----+----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------|
-| | | X | X | X | Optional dependency | if pruning EITHER |
-| | | | | not in lock | of dep(s) in the | dev OR optional |
-| | | | | | dev hierarchy | |
-|------------+------+-----+----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------|
-| | | | | X | BOTH a non-optional | if pruning BOTH |
-| | | | | in lock | dep within the dev | dev AND optional |
-| | | | | | hierarchy, AND a | |
-| | | | | | dep within the | |
-| | | | | | optional hierarchy | |
-|------------+------+-----+----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------|
-| | X | | | | peer dependency, or | if pruning peers |
-| | | | | | only depended on by | |
-| | | | | | peer dependencies | |
-|------------+------+-----+----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------|
-| | X | X | | X | peer dependency of | if pruning peer |
-| | | | | not in lock | dev node hierarchy | OR dev deps |
-|------------+------+-----+----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------|
-| | X | | X | X | peer dependency of | if pruning peer |
-| | | | | not in lock | optional nodes, or | OR optional deps |
-| | | | | | peerOptional dep | |
-|------------+------+-----+----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------|
-| | X | X | X | X | peer optional deps | if pruning peer |
-| | | | | not in lock | of the dev dep | OR optional OR |
-| | | | | | hierarchy | dev |
-|------------+------+-----+----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------|
-| | X | | | X | BOTH a non-optional | if pruning peers |
-| | | | | in lock | peer dep within the | OR: |
-| | | | | | dev hierarchy, AND | BOTH optional |
-| | | | | | a peer optional dep | AND dev deps |
-+------------+------+-----+----------+-------------+---------------------+-------------------+
-```
+| extraneous | peer | dev | optional | devOptional | meaning | prune? |
+|:----------:|:----:|:---:|:--------:|:----------------:|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-------------------------------------------------------|
+| | | | | | production dep | never |
+| X | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | nothing depends on this, it is trash | always |
+| | | X | | X
not in lock | devDependency, or only depended
on by devDependencies | if pruning dev |
+| | | | X | X
not in lock | optionalDependency, or only depended
on by optionalDeps | if pruning optional |
+| | | X | X | X
not in lock | Optional dependency of dep(s) in the
dev hierarchy | if pruning EITHER
dev OR optional |
+| | | | | X
in lock | BOTH a non-optional dep within the
dev hierarchy, AND a dep within
the optional hierarchy | if pruning BOTH
dev AND optional |
+| | X | | | | peer dependency, or only depended
on by peer dependencies | if pruning peers |
+| | X | X | | X
not in lock | peer dependency of dev node hierarchy | if pruning peer OR
dev deps |
+| | X | | X | X
not in lock | peer dependency of optional nodes, or
peerOptional dep | if pruning peer OR
optional deps |
+| | X | X | X | X
not in lock | peer optional deps of the dev dep hierarchy | if pruning peer OR
optional OR dev |
+| | X | | | X
in lock | BOTH a non-optional peer dep within the
dev hierarchy, AND a peer optional dep | if pruning peer deps OR:
BOTH optional AND dev deps |
* If none of these flags are set, then the node is required by the
dependency and/or peerDependency hierarchy. It should not be pruned.