diff --git a/pep-0497.txt b/pep-0497.txt
index cfb857d41..18d352eb7 100644
--- a/pep-0497.txt
+++ b/pep-0497.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Created: 04-Aug-2015
 
 Rejection Notice
 ================
-The steering council decided that the `__past__` aspect of this proposal
+The steering council decided that the ``__past__`` aspect of this proposal
 was too complicated for the potential benefit. The other aspect of stronger
 requirements for backwards-compatibility should be addressed by :pep:`387`.