diff --git a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst
index 83c68ae..ac96c40 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst
@@ -186,21 +186,21 @@
 +------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
 | RPM :file:`.spec` file option or section | Distutils setup script option                |
 +==========================================+==============================================+
-| Name                                     | :option:`name`                               |
+| Name                                     | ``name``                                     |
 +------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
-| Summary (in preamble)                    | :option:`description`                        |
+| Summary (in preamble)                    | ``description``                              |
 +------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
-| Version                                  | :option:`version`                            |
+| Version                                  | ``version``                                  |
 +------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
-| Vendor                                   | :option:`author` and :option:`author_email`, |
-|                                          | or  --- & :option:`maintainer` and           |
-|                                          | :option:`maintainer_email`                   |
+| Vendor                                   | ``author`` and ``author_email``,             |
+|                                          | or  --- & ``maintainer`` and                 |
+|                                          | ``maintainer_email``                         |
 +------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
-| Copyright                                | :option:`license`                            |
+| Copyright                                | ``license``                                  |
 +------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
-| Url                                      | :option:`url`                                |
+| Url                                      | ``url``                                      |
 +------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
-| %description (section)                   | :option:`long_description`                   |
+| %description (section)                   | ``long_description``                         |
 +------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
 
 Additionally, there are many options in :file:`.spec` files that don't have
@@ -211,27 +211,27 @@
 | RPM :file:`.spec` file option | :command:`bdist_rpm` option | default value           |
 | or section                    |                             |                         |
 +===============================+=============================+=========================+
-| Release                       | :option:`release`           | "1"                     |
+| Release                       | ``release``                 | "1"                     |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------+
-| Group                         | :option:`group`             | "Development/Libraries" |
+| Group                         | ``group``                   | "Development/Libraries" |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------+
-| Vendor                        | :option:`vendor`            | (see above)             |
+| Vendor                        | ``vendor``                  | (see above)             |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------+
-| Packager                      | :option:`packager`          | (none)                  |
+| Packager                      | ``packager``                | (none)                  |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------+
-| Provides                      | :option:`provides`          | (none)                  |
+| Provides                      | ``provides``                | (none)                  |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------+
-| Requires                      | :option:`requires`          | (none)                  |
+| Requires                      | ``requires``                | (none)                  |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------+
-| Conflicts                     | :option:`conflicts`         | (none)                  |
+| Conflicts                     | ``conflicts``               | (none)                  |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------+
-| Obsoletes                     | :option:`obsoletes`         | (none)                  |
+| Obsoletes                     | ``obsoletes``               | (none)                  |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------+
-| Distribution                  | :option:`distribution_name` | (none)                  |
+| Distribution                  | ``distribution_name``       | (none)                  |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------+
-| BuildRequires                 | :option:`build_requires`    | (none)                  |
+| BuildRequires                 | ``build_requires``          | (none)                  |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------+
-| Icon                          | :option:`icon`              | (none)                  |
+| Icon                          | ``icon``                    | (none)                  |
 +-------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------+
 
 Obviously, supplying even a few of these options on the command-line would be
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/configfile.rst b/Doc/distutils/configfile.rst
index ac79671..8faffe6 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/configfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/configfile.rst
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
    [...]
 
 Note that an option spelled :option:`--foo-bar` on the command-line  is spelled
-:option:`foo_bar` in configuration files.
+``foo_bar`` in configuration files.
 
 .. _distutils-build-ext-inplace:
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
                doc/
                examples/
 
-Note that the :option:`doc_files` option is simply a whitespace-separated string
+Note that the ``doc_files`` option is simply a whitespace-separated string
 split across multiple lines for readability.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/examples.rst b/Doc/distutils/examples.rst
index 872ecd9..b1ecd01 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/examples.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/examples.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 If you're just distributing a couple of modules, especially if they don't live
 in a particular package, you can specify them individually using the
-:option:`py_modules` option in the setup script.
+``py_modules`` option in the setup script.
 
 In the simplest case, you'll have two files to worry about: a setup script and
 the single module you're distributing, :file:`foo.py` in this example::
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
          )
 
 Note that the name of the distribution is specified independently with the
-:option:`name` option, and there's no rule that says it has to be the same as
+``name`` option, and there's no rule that says it has to be the same as
 the name of the sole module in the distribution (although that's probably a good
 convention to follow).  However, the distribution name is used to generate
 filenames, so you should stick to letters, digits, underscores, and hyphens.
 
-Since :option:`py_modules` is a list, you can of course specify multiple
+Since ``py_modules`` is a list, you can of course specify multiple
 modules, eg. if you're distributing modules :mod:`foo` and :mod:`bar`, your
 setup might look like this::
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
          )
 
 If you want to put modules in directories not named for their package, then you
-need to use the :option:`package_dir` option again.  For example, if the
+need to use the ``package_dir`` option again.  For example, if the
 :file:`src` directory holds modules in the :mod:`foobar` package::
 
    <root>/
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@
 
 (The empty string also stands for the current directory.)
 
-If you have sub-packages, they must be explicitly listed in :option:`packages`,
-but any entries in :option:`package_dir` automatically extend to sub-packages.
+If you have sub-packages, they must be explicitly listed in ``packages``,
+but any entries in ``package_dir`` automatically extend to sub-packages.
 (In other words, the Distutils does *not* scan your source tree, trying to
 figure out which directories correspond to Python packages by looking for
 :file:`__init__.py` files.)  Thus, if the default layout grows a sub-package::
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@
 Single extension module
 =======================
 
-Extension modules are specified using the :option:`ext_modules` option.
-:option:`package_dir` has no effect on where extension source files are found;
+Extension modules are specified using the ``ext_modules`` option.
+``package_dir`` has no effect on where extension source files are found;
 it only affects the source for pure Python modules.  The simplest  case, a
 single extension module in a single C source file, is::
 
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/extending.rst b/Doc/distutils/extending.rst
index 5a70d03..5139c6d 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/extending.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/extending.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 requiring modifications to the Python installation.  This is expected to allow
 third-party extensions to provide support for additional packaging systems, but
 the commands can be used for anything distutils commands can be used for.  A new
-configuration option, :option:`command_packages` (command-line option
+configuration option, ``command_packages`` (command-line option
 :option:`--command-packages`), can be used to specify additional packages to be
 searched for modules implementing commands.  Like all distutils options, this
 can be specified on the command line or in a configuration file.  This option
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 packages searched for command implementations; multiple package names should be
 separated by commas.  When not specified, the search is only performed in the
 :mod:`distutils.command` package.  When :file:`setup.py` is run with the option
-:option:`--command-packages` :option:`distcmds,buildcmds`, however, the packages
+``--command-packages distcmds,buildcmds``, however, the packages
 :mod:`distutils.command`, :mod:`distcmds`, and :mod:`buildcmds` will be searched
 in that order.  New commands are expected to be implemented in modules of the
 same name as the command by classes sharing the same name.  Given the example
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
index fbe4290..8d89f3b 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@
 Listing whole packages
 ======================
 
-The :option:`packages` option tells the Distutils to process (build, distribute,
+The ``packages`` option tells the Distutils to process (build, distribute,
 install, etc.) all pure Python modules found in each package mentioned in the
-:option:`packages` list.  In order to do this, of course, there has to be a
+``packages`` list.  In order to do this, of course, there has to be a
 correspondence between package names and directories in the filesystem.  The
 default correspondence is the most obvious one, i.e. package :mod:`distutils` is
 found in the directory :file:`distutils` relative to the distribution root.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 Distutils will issue a warning but still process the broken package anyway.
 
 If you use a different convention to lay out your source directory, that's no
-problem: you just have to supply the :option:`package_dir` option to tell the
+problem: you just have to supply the ``package_dir`` option to tell the
 Distutils about your convention.  For example, say you keep all Python source
 under :file:`lib`, so that modules in the "root package" (i.e., not in any
 package at all) are in :file:`lib`, modules in the :mod:`foo` package are in
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@
 
     package_dir = {'foo': 'lib'}
 
-A ``package: dir`` entry in the :option:`package_dir` dictionary implicitly
+A ``package: dir`` entry in the ``package_dir`` dictionary implicitly
 applies to all packages below *package*, so the :mod:`foo.bar` case is
 automatically handled here.  In this example, having ``packages = ['foo',
 'foo.bar']`` tells the Distutils to look for :file:`lib/__init__.py` and
-:file:`lib/bar/__init__.py`.  (Keep in mind that although :option:`package_dir`
+:file:`lib/bar/__init__.py`.  (Keep in mind that although ``package_dir``
 applies recursively, you must explicitly list all packages in
-:option:`packages`: the Distutils will *not* recursively scan your source tree
+``packages``: the Distutils will *not* recursively scan your source tree
 looking for any directory with an :file:`__init__.py` file.)
 
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 :mod:`pkg` package.  Again, the default package/directory layout implies that
 these two modules can be found in :file:`mod1.py` and :file:`pkg/mod2.py`, and
 that :file:`pkg/__init__.py` exists as well. And again, you can override the
-package/directory correspondence using the :option:`package_dir` option.
+package/directory correspondence using the ``package_dir`` option.
 
 
 .. _describing-extensions:
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 .. XXX read over this section
 
 All of this is done through another keyword argument to :func:`setup`, the
-:option:`ext_modules` option.  :option:`ext_modules` is just a list of
+``ext_modules`` option.  ``ext_modules`` is just a list of
 :class:`~distutils.core.Extension` instances, each of which describes a
 single extension module.
 Suppose your distribution includes a single extension, called :mod:`foo` and
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 resulting extension lives.
 
 If you have a number of extensions all in the same package (or all under the
-same base package), use the :option:`ext_package` keyword argument to
+same base package), use the ``ext_package`` keyword argument to
 :func:`setup`.  For example, ::
 
     setup(...,
@@ -336,24 +336,24 @@
 
 There are still some other options which can be used to handle special cases.
 
-The :option:`optional` option is a boolean; if it is true,
+The ``optional`` option is a boolean; if it is true,
 a build failure in the extension will not abort the build process, but
 instead simply not install the failing extension.
 
-The :option:`extra_objects` option is a list of object files to be passed to the
+The ``extra_objects`` option is a list of object files to be passed to the
 linker. These files must not have extensions, as the default extension for the
 compiler is used.
 
-:option:`extra_compile_args` and :option:`extra_link_args` can be used to
+``extra_compile_args`` and ``extra_link_args`` can be used to
 specify additional command line options for the respective compiler and linker
 command lines.
 
-:option:`export_symbols` is only useful on Windows.  It can contain a list of
+``export_symbols`` is only useful on Windows.  It can contain a list of
 symbols (functions or variables) to be exported. This option is not needed when
 building compiled extensions: Distutils  will automatically add ``initmodule``
 to the list of exported symbols.
 
-The :option:`depends` option is a list of files that the extension depends on
+The ``depends`` option is a list of files that the extension depends on
 (for example header files). The build command will call the compiler on the
 sources to rebuild extension if any on this files has been modified since the
 previous build.
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
 the current interpreter location.  The :option:`--executable` (or :option:`-e`)
 option will allow the interpreter path to be explicitly overridden.
 
-The :option:`scripts` option simply is a list of files to be handled in this
+The ``scripts`` option simply is a list of files to be handled in this
 way.  From the PyXML setup script::
 
     setup(...,
@@ -514,11 +514,11 @@
 Installing Additional Files
 ===========================
 
-The :option:`data_files` option can be used to specify additional files needed
+The ``data_files`` option can be used to specify additional files needed
 by the module distribution: configuration files, message catalogs, data files,
 anything which doesn't fit in the previous categories.
 
-:option:`data_files` specifies a sequence of (*directory*, *files*) pairs in the
+``data_files`` specifies a sequence of (*directory*, *files*) pairs in the
 following way::
 
     setup(...,
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
 directory information from *files* is used to determine the final location of
 the installed file; only the name of the file is used.
 
-You can specify the :option:`data_files` options as a simple sequence of files
+You can specify the ``data_files`` options as a simple sequence of files
 without specifying a target directory, but this is not recommended, and the
 :command:`install` command will print a warning in this case. To install data
 files directly in the target directory, an empty string should be given as the
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@
 1.0.1a2
     the second alpha release of the first patch version of 1.0
 
-:option:`classifiers` are specified in a Python list::
+``classifiers`` are specified in a Python list::
 
     setup(...,
           classifiers=[
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst b/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst
index 427b7b1..b9f0cc8 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst
@@ -72,16 +72,16 @@
 generate one), the :command:`sdist` command puts a minimal default set into the
 source distribution:
 
-* all Python source files implied by the :option:`py_modules` and
-  :option:`packages` options
+* all Python source files implied by the ``py_modules`` and
+  ``packages`` options
 
-* all C source files mentioned in the :option:`ext_modules` or
-  :option:`libraries` options
+* all C source files mentioned in the ``ext_modules`` or
+  ``libraries`` options
 
   .. XXX getting C library sources currently broken---no
          :meth:`get_source_files` method in :file:`build_clib.py`!
 
-* scripts identified by the :option:`scripts` option
+* scripts identified by the ``scripts`` option
   See :ref:`distutils-installing-scripts`.
 
 * anything that looks like a test script: :file:`test/test\*.py` (currently, the
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 
 #. include all Python source files in the :file:`distutils` and
    :file:`distutils/command` subdirectories (because packages corresponding to
-   those two directories were mentioned in the :option:`packages` option in the
+   those two directories were mentioned in the ``packages`` option in the
    setup script---see section :ref:`setup-script`)
 
 #. include :file:`README.txt`, :file:`setup.py`, and :file:`setup.cfg` (standard
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.1.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.1.rst
index b1ab48e..3864545 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.1.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.1.rst
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@
 and experiment with them.  With the result experience, perhaps it'll be possible
 to design a really good catalog and then build support for it into Python 2.2.
 For example, the Distutils :command:`sdist` and :command:`bdist_\*` commands
-could support a :option:`upload` option that would automatically upload your
+could support a ``upload`` option that would automatically upload your
 package to a catalog server.
 
 You can start creating packages containing :file:`PKG-INFO` even if you're not