diff --git a/generate-configlist.sh b/generate-configlist.sh
index dffdaada8b..b06da53c89 100755
--- a/generate-configlist.sh
+++ b/generate-configlist.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,18 @@ print_config_list () {
 	cat <<EOF
 static const char *config_name_list[] = {
 EOF
-	grep -h '^[a-zA-Z].*\..*::$' "$SOURCE_DIR"/Documentation/*config.adoc "$SOURCE_DIR"/Documentation/config/*.adoc |
-	sed '/deprecated/d; s/::$//; s/,  */\n/g' |
-	sort |
-	sed 's/^.*$/	"&",/'
+	sed -E '
+/^`?[a-zA-Z].*\..*`?::$/ {
+	/deprecated/d;
+	s/::$//;
+	s/`//g;
+	s/^.*$/	"&",/;
+	s/,  */",\n	"/g;
+	p;};
+d' \
+	    "$SOURCE_DIR"/Documentation/*config.adoc \
+	    "$SOURCE_DIR"/Documentation/config/*.adoc|
+	sort
 	cat <<EOF
 	NULL,
 };