Use markup.
diff --git a/Doc/library/getopt.rst b/Doc/library/getopt.rst
index a666d0a..2c0fad9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/getopt.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/getopt.rst
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
non-option argument is encountered.
If the first character of the option string is '+', or if the environment
- variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, then option processing stops as soon as a
- non-option argument is encountered.
+ variable :envvar:`POSIXLY_CORRECT` is set, then option processing stops as
+ soon as a non-option argument is encountered.
.. versionadded:: 2.3