diff --git a/doc/bash_completion.txt b/doc/bash_completion.txt
index 8cd3de24..a58351c5 100644
--- a/doc/bash_completion.txt
+++ b/doc/bash_completion.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ Environment variables
     data.  If unset or null (default), `configure` completion will strip
     everything after the '=' when returning completions.
 
-
 *COMP_CVS_REMOTE*::
     If set and not null, `cvs commit` completion will try to complete on
     remotely checked-out files.  This requires passwordless access to the
@@ -23,19 +22,17 @@ Environment variables
 
 *COMP_KNOWN_HOSTS_WITH_HOSTFILE*::
     If set and not null (default), known hosts completion will complement
-    hostnames from ssh's known_hosts_files with hostnames taken from the file
+    hostnames from ssh's known_hosts files with hostnames taken from the file
     specified by the HOSTFILE shell variable (compgen -A hostname). If null,
-    known_hosts completion will omit hostnames from HOSTFILE.  Omitting
+    known hosts completion will omit hostnames from HOSTFILE.  Omitting
     hostnames from HOSTFILE is useful if HOSTFILE contains many entries for
     local web development or ad-blocking.
 
-
 *COMP_KNOWN_HOSTS_WITH_AVAHI*::
     If set and not null, known hosts completion will try to use `avahi-browse`
     for additional completions.  This may be a slow operation in some setups.
     Default is unset.
 
-
 *COMP_TAR_INTERNAL_PATHS*::
     If set and not null *before* sourcing bash_completion, `tar` completion
     will do correct path completion for tar file contents.  If unset or null,
diff --git a/doc/styleguide.txt b/doc/styleguide.txt
index d7ddb8e5..76b616ef 100644
--- a/doc/styleguide.txt
+++ b/doc/styleguide.txt
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ you absolutely need to (example: a long sed regular expression, or the
 like). This also holds true for the documentation and the testsuite.
 Other files, like ChangeLog, or COPYING, are exempt from this rule.
 
-$(...) vs `...`
----------------
+$(...) vs \`...`
+----------------
 
 When you need to do some code substitution in your completion script,
-you *MUST* use the $(...) construct, rather than the `...`. The former
+you *MUST* use the $(...) construct, rather than the \`...`. The former
 is preferable because anyone, with any keyboard layout, is able to
 type it. Backticks aren't always available, without doing strange
 key combinations.