diff --git a/docs/devel/fuzzing.rst b/docs/devel/fuzzing.rst
index 2749bb9bed..784ecb99e6 100644
--- a/docs/devel/fuzzing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/fuzzing.rst
@@ -182,10 +182,11 @@ The output should contain a complete list of matched MemoryRegions.
 
 OSS-Fuzz
 --------
-QEMU is continuously fuzzed on `OSS-Fuzz` __(https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz).
-By default, the OSS-Fuzz build will try to fuzz every fuzz-target. Since the
-generic-fuzz target requires additional information provided in environment
-variables, we pre-define some generic-fuzz configs in
+QEMU is continuously fuzzed on `OSS-Fuzz
+<https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz>`_.  By default, the OSS-Fuzz build
+will try to fuzz every fuzz-target. Since the generic-fuzz target
+requires additional information provided in environment variables, we
+pre-define some generic-fuzz configs in
 ``tests/qtest/fuzz/generic_fuzz_configs.h``. Each config must specify:
 
 - ``.name``: To identify the fuzzer config
diff --git a/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst b/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst
index 842ae01a4c..72a1cd932c 100644
--- a/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/tcg-plugins.rst
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ The hotpages plugin can be configured using the following arguments:
 
 This is an instruction classifier so can be used to count different
 types of instructions. It has a number of options to refine which get
-counted. You can give a value to the `count` argument for a class of
+counted. You can give a value to the ``count`` argument for a class of
 instructions to break it down fully, so for example to see all the system
 registers accesses::
 
diff --git a/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst b/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst
index 9e3635b233..814c29bbe1 100644
--- a/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst
+++ b/docs/interop/live-block-operations.rst
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ at this point:
         (QEMU) block-job-complete device=job0
 
 In either of the above cases, if you once again run the
-`query-block-jobs` command, there should not be any active block
+``query-block-jobs`` command, there should not be any active block
 operation.
 
 Comparing 'commit' and 'mirror': In both then cases, the overlay images
diff --git a/docs/system/guest-loader.rst b/docs/system/guest-loader.rst
index 4320d1183f..9ef9776bf0 100644
--- a/docs/system/guest-loader.rst
+++ b/docs/system/guest-loader.rst
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ The full syntax of the guest-loader is::
 
 ``bootargs=<args>``
   This is an optional field for kernel blobs which will pass command
-  like via the `/chosen/module@<addr>/bootargs` node.
+  like via the ``/chosen/module@<addr>/bootargs`` node.
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index ce2c1352cb..96f4156890 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -491,11 +491,11 @@
 # @granularity: granularity of the dirty bitmap in bytes (since 1.4)
 #
 # @recording: true if the bitmap is recording new writes from the guest.
-#             Replaces `active` and `disabled` statuses. (since 4.0)
+#             Replaces ``active`` and ``disabled`` statuses. (since 4.0)
 #
 # @busy: true if the bitmap is in-use by some operation (NBD or jobs)
 #        and cannot be modified via QMP or used by another operation.
-#        Replaces `locked` and `frozen` statuses. (since 4.0)
+#        Replaces ``locked`` and ``frozen`` statuses. (since 4.0)
 #
 # @persistent: true if the bitmap was stored on disk, is scheduled to be stored
 #              on disk, or both. (since 4.0)
diff --git a/include/qemu/module.h b/include/qemu/module.h
index 3deac0078b..5fcc323b2a 100644
--- a/include/qemu/module.h
+++ b/include/qemu/module.h
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ void module_allow_arch(const char *arch);
 /**
  * DOC: module info annotation macros
  *
- * `scripts/modinfo-collect.py` will collect module info,
+ * ``scripts/modinfo-collect.py`` will collect module info,
  * using the preprocessor and -DQEMU_MODINFO.
  *
- * `scripts/modinfo-generate.py` will create a module meta-data database
+ * ``scripts/modinfo-generate.py`` will create a module meta-data database
  * from the collected information so qemu knows about module
  * dependencies and QOM objects implemented by modules.
  *
- * See `*.modinfo` and `modinfo.c` in the build directory to check the
+ * See ``*.modinfo`` and ``modinfo.c`` in the build directory to check the
  * script results.
  */
 #ifdef QEMU_MODINFO
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index f051536b63..7749f59300 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1895,8 +1895,8 @@ SRST
         Valid parameters are:
 
         ``grab-mod=<mods>`` : Used to select the modifier keys for toggling
-        the mouse grabbing in conjunction with the "g" key. `<mods>` can be
-        either `lshift-lctrl-lalt` or `rctrl`.
+        the mouse grabbing in conjunction with the "g" key. ``<mods>`` can be
+        either ``lshift-lctrl-lalt`` or ``rctrl``.
 
         ``alt_grab=on|off`` : Use Control+Alt+Shift-g to toggle mouse grabbing.
         This parameter is deprecated - use ``grab-mod`` instead.
