diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.rst
index c7b94ff..0998a0c 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/interfaces.rst
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
         :type: string
 
         The name of the curve. Usually the name used for the ASN.1 OID such as
-        "secp256k1".
+        ``secp256k1``.
 
     .. attribute:: key_size
 
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
index 81acb67..9baf082 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 pseudorandom
 Schneier
 scrypt
-secp
 testability
 unencrypted
 unpadded