diff --git a/gguf-py/scripts/gguf_dump.py b/gguf-py/scripts/gguf_dump.py
index 3cb93b47b..fe02191b5 100755
--- a/gguf-py/scripts/gguf_dump.py
+++ b/gguf-py/scripts/gguf_dump.py
@@ -249,31 +249,29 @@ def dump_markdown_metadata(reader: GGUFReader, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None
         if len(field.types) == 1:
             curr_type = field.types[0]
             if curr_type == GGUFValueType.STRING:
-                value = repr(str(bytes(field.parts[-1]), encoding='utf-8')[:60])
+                value = "\"`{strval}`\"".format(strval=str(bytes(field.parts[-1]), encoding='utf-8')[:60])
             elif curr_type in reader.gguf_scalar_to_np:
                 value = str(field.parts[-1][0])
         else:
             if field.types[0] == GGUFValueType.ARRAY:
-                displayed_values = 0
                 curr_type = field.types[1]
+                array_elements = []
                 if curr_type == GGUFValueType.STRING:
                     render_element = min(5, total_elements)
                     for element_pos in range(render_element):
                         truncate_length = 30
-                        value_string = repr(str(bytes(field.parts[-1 - (total_elements - element_pos - 1) * 2]), encoding='utf-8'))
+                        value_string = str(bytes(field.parts[-1 - (total_elements - element_pos - 1) * 2]), encoding='utf-8')
                         if len(value_string) > truncate_length:
-                            value += value_string[:truncate_length // 2] + "..." + value_string[-truncate_length // 2:]
+                            array_elements.append(value_string[:truncate_length // 2] + "`...`" + value_string[-truncate_length // 2:])
                         else:
-                            value += value_string
-                        displayed_values += 1
-                        if (total_elements - 1) > element_pos:
-                            value += ", "
+                            array_elements.append(value_string)
+                    value_array_inner = ["\"`{strval}`\"".format(strval=strval) for strval in array_elements]
+                    value = f'[ {", ".join(value_array_inner).strip()}{", ..." if total_elements > len(array_elements) else ""} ]'
                 elif curr_type in reader.gguf_scalar_to_np:
                     render_element = min(7, total_elements)
                     for element_pos in range(render_element):
-                        value += str(field.parts[-1 - (total_elements - element_pos - 1)][0]) + (", " if total_elements > 1 else "")
-                        displayed_values += 1
-                value = f'[ {value}{"..." if total_elements > displayed_values else ""} ]'
+                        array_elements.append(str(field.parts[-1 - (total_elements - element_pos - 1)][0]))
+                    value = f'[ {", ".join(array_elements).strip()}{", ..." if total_elements > len(array_elements) else ""} ]'
         kv_dump_table.append({"n":n, "pretty_type":pretty_type, "total_elements":total_elements, "field_name":field.name, "value":value})
 
     kv_dump_table_header_map = [