diff --git a/pep-0516.txt b/pep-0516.txt
index 241683f23..1f66518e1 100644
--- a/pep-0516.txt
+++ b/pep-0516.txt
@@ -216,9 +216,10 @@ develop [--prefix PREFIX]
 
         flit develop --root /tmp/ --prefix /usr/local
 
-    Should install scripts within `/tmp/usr/local/bin`, even if the Python
-    environment in use reports that the sys.prefix is `/usr/` which would lead
-    to using `/tmp/usr/bin/`. Similar logic applies for package files etc.
+    Should install scripts within ``/tmp/usr/local/bin``, even if the Python
+    environment in use reports that the sys.prefix is ``/usr/`` which would
+    lead to using ``/tmp/usr/bin/``.
+    Similar logic applies for package files etc.
 
 The build environment
 ---------------------
@@ -307,15 +308,15 @@ When 'pip' reads this it would prepare an environment with flit in it before
 trying to use flit.
 
 Because flit doesn't have setup-requires support today,
-`flit build_requires` would just output a constant string::
+``flit build_requires`` would just output a constant string::
 
   {"build_requires": []}
 
-`flit metadata` would interrogate `flit.ini` and marshal the metadata into
+``flit metadata`` would interrogate ``flit.ini`` and marshal the metadata into
 a wheel METADATA file and output that on stdout.
 
-`flit wheel` would need to accept a `-d` parameter that tells it where to output the
-wheel (pip needs this).
+``flit wheel`` would need to accept a ``-d`` parameter that tells it where to
+output the wheel (pip needs this).
 
 Backwards Compatibility
 =======================
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ run by pip, and that will try and fail to install A.
 
 As such we recommend that tools which are currently used as setup-requires
 either ensure that they keep a `setuptools shim`_ or find their consumers and
-get them all to upgrade to the use of a `pypa.json` in advance of moving
+get them all to upgrade to the use of a ``pypa.json`` in advance of moving
 themselves. Pragmatically that is impossible, so the advice is to keep a
 setuptools shim indefinitely - both for projects like pbr, setuptools_scm and
 also projects like numpy.