diff --git a/pep-0402.txt b/pep-0402.txt
index 2581eaf08..318726599 100644
--- a/pep-0402.txt
+++ b/pep-0402.txt
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ Specifically the proposed changes and additions to ``pkgutil`` are:
   The implementation of this function does a simple top-down traversal
   of ``sys.virtual_package_paths``, and performs any necessary
   ``get_subpath()`` calls to identify what path entries need to be
-  added to the virtual path for that package, given that `path_entry`
+  added to the virtual path for that package, given that ``path_entry``
   has been added to ``sys.path``.  (Or, in the case of sub-packages,
   adding a derived subpath entry, based on their parent package's
   virtual path.)
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ Specifically the proposed changes and additions to ``pkgutil`` are:
 * A new ``iter_virtual_packages(parent='')`` function to allow
   top-down traversal of virtual packages from
   ``sys.virtual_package_paths``, by yielding the child virtual
-  packages of `parent`.  For example, calling
+  packages of ``parent``.  For example, calling
   ``iter_virtual_packages("zope")`` might yield ``zope.app``
   and ``zope.products`` (if they are virtual packages listed in
   ``sys.virtual_package_paths``), but **not** ``zope.foo.bar``.