diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst
index 68a1b5c..84e3ff4 100644
--- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst
@@ -464,13 +464,13 @@
 Why does os.path.isdir() fail on NT shared directories?
 -------------------------------------------------------
 
-The solution appears to be always append the "\\" on the end of shared
-drives.
+In order to work correctly, :func:`os.path.isdir` requires a ``"\\"`` at the
+end of the shared drive::
 
    >>> import os
-   >>> os.path.isdir( '\\\\rorschach\\public')
+   >>> os.path.isdir('\\\\rorschach\\public')
    0
-   >>> os.path.isdir( '\\\\rorschach\\public\\')
+   >>> os.path.isdir('\\\\rorschach\\public\\')
    1
 
 It helps to think of share points as being like drive letters.  Example::
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
    k:\media is a directory
    k:\media\ is not a directory
 
-The same rules apply if you substitute "k:" with "\\conky\foo"::
+The same rules apply if you substitute ``"k:"`` with ``"\\conky\foo"``::
 
    \\conky\foo  is not a directory
    \\conky\foo\ is a directory
diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
index cad03bd..ed53f06 100644
--- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
      Backslashes in a raw docstring: m\n
 
   Otherwise, the backslash will be interpreted as part of the string. For example,
-  the "\\" above would be interpreted as a newline character.  Alternatively, you
+  the ``\n`` above would be interpreted as a newline character.  Alternatively, you
   can double each backslash in the doctest version (and not use a raw string)::
 
      >>> def f(x):
diff --git a/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst b/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst
index a648cfa..861546c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pyexpat.rst
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
 .. method:: xmlparser.CommentHandler(data)
 
    Called for comments.  *data* is the text of the comment, excluding the leading
-   '``<!-``\ ``-``' and trailing '``-``\ ``->``'.
+   ``'<!-``\ ``-'`` and trailing ``'-``\ ``->'``.
 
 
 .. method:: xmlparser.StartCdataSectionHandler()