diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 20e2278..ac0ece9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -411,12 +411,13 @@ reasons.
 Setuptools version conflict
 ---------------------------
 
-Most likely the `python-setuptools` version in your os's repositories is quite
-outdated. You will need to install a newer version, to do this you can run:
+Most likely the ``python-setuptools`` version in your os's repositories is
+quite outdated. You will need to install a newer version, to do this you can
+run:
 
 .. code:: bash
 
     pip install --upgrade setuptools
 
-Since pip is part of `python-setuptools`, you need to have it installed before
+Since pip is part of ``python-setuptools``, you need to have it installed before
 you can update.