Use :samp: role.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
index f2d9362..678ad80 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
@@ -696,15 +696,15 @@
* Exceptions no longer behave as sequences. Use the :attr:`args`
attribute instead.
-* :pep:`3109`: Raising exceptions. You must now use :keyword:`raise`
- *Exception*(*args*) instead of :keyword:`raise` *Exception*, *args*.
+* :pep:`3109`: Raising exceptions. You must now use :samp:`raise
+ {Exception}({args})` instead of :samp:`raise {Exception}, {args}`.
Additionally, you can no longer explicitly specify a traceback;
instead, if you *have* to do this, you can assign directly to the
:attr:`__traceback__` attribute (see below).
* :pep:`3110`: Catching exceptions. You must now use
- :keyword:`except` *SomeException* :keyword:`as` *variable* instead
- of :keyword:`except` *SomeException*, *variable*. Moreover, the
+ :samp:`except {SomeException} as {variable}` instead
+ of :samp:`except {SomeException}, {variable}`. Moreover, the
*variable* is explicitly deleted when the :keyword:`except` block
is left.