diff --git a/docs/source/emulator_analysis/index.rst b/docs/source/emulator_analysis/index.rst
index 0c36324..4ebc0c2 100644
--- a/docs/source/emulator_analysis/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/emulator_analysis/index.rst
@@ -153,6 +153,24 @@ This is implemented into the SWIFT-Emulator with
 sweep as `ModelValues` and `ModelParameters`
 containers, that are easy to parse. 
 
+Interactive plots
+-----------------
+
+Another way to explore the effect of varying the parameters is
+to try an interactive plot. This provides a slider for each
+parameter, and the plot will update to show the emulator
+predictions when you adjust the sliders. 
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    schecter_emulator.interactive_plot(independent)
+
+.. image:: interactive_plot.png
+
+It is possible to pass reference data to be plotted when calling 
+:meth:`swiftemulator.emulators.base.BaseEmulator.interactive\_plot`.
+
+
 Model Parameters Features
 -------------------------
 
@@ -234,4 +252,4 @@ This method is a lot slower than the default hyperparameter
 optimisation, and may take some time to compute. The main
 take away from plots like this is to see whether the
 hyperparameters are converged, and whether they are 
-consistent with the faster optimisation method.
\ No newline at end of file
+consistent with the faster optimisation method.
diff --git a/docs/source/emulator_analysis/interactive_plot.png b/docs/source/emulator_analysis/interactive_plot.png
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diff --git a/swiftemulator/emulators/base.py b/swiftemulator/emulators/base.py
index 1fcadaf..298d9b2 100644
--- a/swiftemulator/emulators/base.py
+++ b/swiftemulator/emulators/base.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def predict_values(
         Parameters
         ----------
 
-        independent, np.array
+        independent: np.array
             Independent continuous variables to evaluate the emulator
             at. If the emulator is discrete, these are only allowed to be
             the discrete independent variables that the emulator was trained at
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ def predict_values(
         Returns
         -------
 
-        dependent_predictions, np.array
+        dependent_predictions: np.array
             Array of predictions, if the emulator is a function f, these
             are the predicted values of f(independent) evaluted at the position
             of the input ``model_parameters``.
 
-        dependent_prediction_errors, np.array
+        dependent_prediction_errors: np.array
             Errors on the model predictions. For models where the errors are
             unconstrained, this is an array of zeroes.
 
@@ -124,10 +124,38 @@ def predict_values(
 
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def interactive_plot(self, x: np.array, xlabel: str = "", ylabel: str = "", x_data: np.array = None, y_data: np.array = None):
+    def interactive_plot(
+        self,
+        x: np.array,
+        xlabel: str = "",
+        ylabel: str = "",
+        x_data: np.array = None,
+        y_data: np.array = None,
+    ):
         """
-        Generates an interactive plot over which shows the emulator predictions
-        for the input data passed to this method
+        Generates an interactive plot which displays the emulator predictions.
+        If no reference data is passed to be overplotted then the plot will
+        display a line which corresponds to the predictions for the mean
+        of the parameter values.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+
+        x: np.array
+            Array of data for which the emulator should make predictions.
+
+        xlabel: str, optional
+            Label for horizontal axis on the resultant figure.
+
+        ylabel: str, optional
+            Label for vertical axis on the resultant figure.
+
+        x_data: np.array, optional
+            Array containing x-values of reference data to plot.
+
+        y_data: np.array, optional
+            Array containing y-values of reference data to plot.
+            Must be the same shape as x_data
         """
         import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
         from matplotlib.widgets import Slider
@@ -161,9 +189,9 @@ def interactive_plot(self, x: np.array, xlabel: str = "", ylabel: str = "", x_da
         # Setting up initial value
         pred, pred_var = self.predict_values(x, param_means)
         if (x_data is None) or (y_data is None):
-            ax.plot(x, pred, 'k--')
+            ax.plot(x, pred, "k--")
         else:
-            ax.plot(x_data, y_data, 'k.')
+            ax.plot(x_data, y_data, "k.")
         (line,) = ax.plot(x, pred)
         ax.set_xlabel(xlabel)
         ax.set_ylabel(ylabel)