diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index e515aef7..89b38d0a 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ connection class::
 Response Filtering
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The `filter_path` parameter is used to reduce the response returned by
-elasticsearch.  For example, to only return `_id` and `_type`, do::
+The ``filter_path`` parameter is used to reduce the response returned by
+elasticsearch.  For example, to only return ``_id`` and ``_type``, do::
 
     es.search(index='test-index', filter_path=['hits.hits._id', 'hits.hits._type'])
 
-It also supports the `*` wildcard character to match any field or part of a
+It also supports the ``*`` wildcard character to match any field or part of a
 field's name::
 
     es.search(index='test-index', filter_path=['hits.hits._*'])