diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index e71195d..ebd2c55 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ The `modflow-devtools` package provides a set of tools for developing and testin
    :caption: Miscellaneous
 
    md/download.md
+   md/figspec.md
+   md/latex.md
    md/ostags.md
    md/zip.md
    md/timed.md
diff --git a/docs/md/figspec.md b/docs/md/figspec.md
index e69de29..1399bae 100644
--- a/docs/md/figspec.md
+++ b/docs/md/figspec.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Plot styles
+
+Matplotlib is an optional dependency, installable via e.g. `pip install modflow_devtools[optional]`.
+
+## `USGSFigure`
+
+A convenience class `modflow_devtools.figspec.USGSFigure` is provided to create figures with the default USGS style sheet. For instance:
+
+```python
+# create figure
+fs = USGSFigure(figure_type="graph", verbose=False)
+
+# ...add some plots
+
+# add a heading
+title = f"Layer {ilay + 1}"
+letter = chr(ord("@") + idx + 2)
+fs.heading(letter=letter, heading=title)
+
+# add an annotation
+fs.add_annotation(
+    ax=ax,
+    text="Well 1, layer 2",
+    bold=False,
+    italic=False,
+    xy=w1loc,
+    xytext=(w1loc[0] - 3200, w1loc[1] + 1500),
+    ha="right",
+    va="center",
+    zorder=100,
+    arrowprops=arrow_props,
+)
+```
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diff --git a/docs/md/latex.md b/docs/md/latex.md
index e69de29..61d76a5 100644
--- a/docs/md/latex.md
+++ b/docs/md/latex.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# LaTeX utilities
+
+The `modflow_devtools.latex` module provides utility functions for building LaTeX tables from arrays.
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diff --git a/modflow_devtools/latex.py b/modflow_devtools/latex.py
index 8639f59..5d6f5eb 100644
--- a/modflow_devtools/latex.py
+++ b/modflow_devtools/latex.py
@@ -24,11 +24,8 @@ def build_table(caption, fpth, arr, headings=None, col_widths=None):
     # footer
     line += get_footer()
 
-    f = open(fpth, "w")
-    f.write(line)
-    f.close()
-
-    return
+    with open(fpth, "w") as f:
+        f.write(line)
 
 
 def get_header(