diff --git a/src/arg_desc.jl b/src/arg_desc.jl
index 626aa3b83..952904a06 100644
--- a/src/arg_desc.jl
+++ b/src/arg_desc.jl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const _arg_desc = KW(
     :markercolor        => "Color Type. Color of the interior of the marker or shape. `:match` will take the value from `:seriescolor`.",
     :markeralpha        => "Number in [0,1]. The alpha/opacity override for the marker interior.  `nothing` (the default) means it will take the alpha value of markercolor.",
     :markersize         => "Number or AbstractVector. Size (radius pixels) of the markers",
-    :markerstrokestyle  => "Symbol. Style of the marker stroke (border).  Choose from $(_allStyles)",
+    :markerstrokestyle  => "Symbol. Style of the marker stroke (border), and error bars.  Choose from $(_allStyles)",
     :markerstrokewidth  => "Number. Width of the marker stroke (border) in pixels",
     :markerstrokecolor  => "Color Type. Color of the marker stroke (border).  `:match` will take the value from `:foreground_color_subplot`.",
     :markerstrokealpha  => "Number in [0,1]. The alpha/opacity override for the marker stroke (border).  `nothing` (the default) means it will take the alpha value of markerstrokecolor.",
diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index f13e631ca..2e8a44464 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -981,8 +981,6 @@ add_aliases(:window_title, :windowtitle, :wtitle)
 add_aliases(:show, :gui, :display)
 add_aliases(:color_palette, :palette)
 add_aliases(:overwrite_figure, :clf, :clearfig, :overwrite, :reuse)
-add_aliases(:xerror, :xerr, :xerrorbar)
-add_aliases(:yerror, :yerr, :yerrorbar, :err, :errorbar)
 add_aliases(:zerror, :zerr, :zerrorbar)
 add_aliases(:quiver, :velocity, :quiver2d, :gradient, :vectorfield)
 add_aliases(:normalize, :norm, :normed, :normalized)
diff --git a/src/recipes.jl b/src/recipes.jl
index c4248a76f..b29841665 100644
--- a/src/recipes.jl
+++ b/src/recipes.jl
@@ -1156,10 +1156,18 @@ end
         msc
     end
 
+    mss = plotattributes[:markerstrokestyle]
+    mss = if mss !== :match && !isnothing(mss)
+        mss
+    else
+        plotattributes[:linestyle]
+    end
+
     seriestype := :path
     markerstrokecolor --> msc
     markercolor --> msc
     linecolor --> msc
+    linestyle --> mss
     linewidth --> plotattributes[:markerstrokewidth]
     label --> ""
 end