diff --git a/docs/content/faq.md b/docs/content/faq.md
index 9b646d002..5621d7861 100644
--- a/docs/content/faq.md
+++ b/docs/content/faq.md
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ The content of the variable is `protocol://server:port`.  The protocol
 value is the one used to talk to the proxy server, itself, and is commonly
 either `http` or `socks5`.
 
-Slightly annoyingly, there is no _standard_ for the name; some applications
+Slightly annoyingly, there is no *standard* for the name; some applications
 may use `http_proxy` but another one `HTTP_PROXY`.  The `Go` libraries
 used by `rclone` will try both variations, but you may wish to set all
 possibilities.  So, on Linux, you may end up with code similar to
diff --git a/docs/content/filtering.md b/docs/content/filtering.md
index b6a7730f6..62f9ccce1 100644
--- a/docs/content/filtering.md
+++ b/docs/content/filtering.md
@@ -555,8 +555,8 @@ Arrange the order of filter rules with the most restrictive first and
 work down.
 
 Lines starting with # or ; are ignored, and can be used to write comments.
-Inline comments are not supported. _Use `-vv --dump filters` to see how they
-appear in the final regexp._
+Inline comments are not supported. *Use `-vv --dump filters` to see how they
+appear in the final regexp.*
 
 E.g. for `filter-file.txt`: