diff --git a/doc/source/guides/devstack-with-lbaas-v2.rst b/doc/source/guides/devstack-with-lbaas-v2.rst
index f679783..4e5f874 100644
--- a/doc/source/guides/devstack-with-lbaas-v2.rst
+++ b/doc/source/guides/devstack-with-lbaas-v2.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     cd devstack
 
 
-Edit your `local.conf` to look like
+Edit your ``local.conf`` to look like
 
   ::
 
diff --git a/doc/source/guides/devstack-with-nested-kvm.rst b/doc/source/guides/devstack-with-nested-kvm.rst
index c652bac..85a5656 100644
--- a/doc/source/guides/devstack-with-nested-kvm.rst
+++ b/doc/source/guides/devstack-with-nested-kvm.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     parm:           nested:bool
 
 Start your VM, now it should have KVM capabilities -- you can verify
-that by ensuring `/dev/kvm` character device is present.
+that by ensuring ``/dev/kvm`` character device is present.
 
 
 Configure Nested KVM for AMD-based Machines
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 Expose Virtualization Extensions to DevStack VM
 -----------------------------------------------
 
-Edit the VM's libvirt XML configuration via `virsh` utility:
+Edit the VM's libvirt XML configuration via ``virsh`` utility:
 
 ::
 
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@
 -------------------------------
 
 Before invoking ``stack.sh`` in the VM, ensure that KVM is enabled. This
-can be verified by checking for the presence of the file `/dev/kvm` in
+can be verified by checking for the presence of the file ``/dev/kvm`` in
 your VM. If it is present, DevStack will default to using the config
-attribute `virt_type = kvm` in `/etc/nova.conf`; otherwise, it'll fall
-back to `virt_type=qemu`, i.e. plain QEMU emulation.
+attribute ``virt_type = kvm`` in ``/etc/nova.conf``; otherwise, it'll fall
+back to ``virt_type=qemu``, i.e. plain QEMU emulation.
 
 Optionally, to explicitly set the type of virtualization, to KVM, by the
 libvirt driver in nova, the below config attribute can be used in
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 
 Once DevStack is configured successfully, verify if the Nova instances
 are using KVM by noticing the QEMU CLI invoked by Nova is using the
-parameter `accel=kvm`, e.g.:
+parameter ``accel=kvm``, e.g.:
 
 ::
 
diff --git a/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst b/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst
index 5891f68..5e23131 100644
--- a/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst
+++ b/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@
 **Compute Nodes**
 
 In this example, the nodes that will host guest instances will run
-the `neutron-openvswitch-agent` for network connectivity, as well as
-the compute service `nova-compute`.
+the ``neutron-openvswitch-agent`` for network connectivity, as well as
+the compute service ``nova-compute``.
 
 DevStack Configuration
 ----------------------
@@ -256,16 +256,16 @@
         Q_L3_ENABLED=False
 
 Compute node 2's configuration will be exactly the same, except
-`HOST_IP` will be `10.0.0.4`
+``HOST_IP`` will be ``10.0.0.4``
 
 When DevStack is configured to use provider networking (via
-`Q_USE_PROVIDER_NETWORKING` is True and `Q_L3_ENABLED` is False) -
+``Q_USE_PROVIDER_NETWORKING`` is True and ``Q_L3_ENABLED`` is False) -
 DevStack will automatically add the network interface defined in
-`PUBLIC_INTERFACE` to the `OVS_PHYSICAL_BRIDGE`
+``PUBLIC_INTERFACE`` to the ``OVS_PHYSICAL_BRIDGE``
 
 For example, with the above  configuration, a bridge is
-created, named `br-ex` which is managed by Open vSwitch, and the
-second interface on the compute node, `eth1` is attached to the
+created, named ``br-ex`` which is managed by Open vSwitch, and the
+second interface on the compute node, ``eth1`` is attached to the
 bridge, to forward traffic sent by guest VMs.
 
 Miscellaneous Tips
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 Extension drivers for the ML2 plugin are set with the variable
-`Q_ML2_PLUGIN_EXT_DRIVERS`, and includes the 'port_security' extension
+``Q_ML2_PLUGIN_EXT_DRIVERS``, and includes the 'port_security' extension
 by default. If you want to remove all the extension drivers (even
-'port_security'), set `Q_ML2_PLUGIN_EXT_DRIVERS` to blank.
+'port_security'), set ``Q_ML2_PLUGIN_EXT_DRIVERS`` to blank.