diff --git a/docs/library/uselect.rst b/docs/library/uselect.rst
index 68df9d3815..a4026e98c3 100644
--- a/docs/library/uselect.rst
+++ b/docs/library/uselect.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Methods
 
    Wait for at least one of the registered objects to become ready. Returns
    list of (``obj``, ``event``, ...) tuples, ``event`` element specifies
-   which events happened with a stream and is a combination of `select.POLL*`
+   which events happened with a stream and is a combination of ``select.POLL*``
    constants described above. There may be other elements in tuple, depending
    on a platform and version, so don't assume that its size is 2. In case of
    timeout, an empty list is returned.
diff --git a/docs/library/ussl.rst b/docs/library/ussl.rst
index 36f6d65a4a..62b6db777b 100644
--- a/docs/library/ussl.rst
+++ b/docs/library/ussl.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Functions
 
 .. function:: ssl.wrap_socket(sock, server_side=False, keyfile=None, certfile=None, cert_reqs=CERT_NONE, ca_certs=None)
 
-   Takes a stream `sock` (usually usocket.socket instance of ``SOCK_STREAM`` type),
+   Takes a stream *sock* (usually usocket.socket instance of ``SOCK_STREAM`` type),
    and returns an instance of ssl.SSLSocket, which wraps the underlying stream in
    an SSL context. Returned object has the usual stream interface methods like
    `read()`, `write()`, etc. In MicroPython, the returned object does not expose
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ Constants
           ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL
           ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
 
-    Supported values for `cert_reqs` parameter.
+    Supported values for *cert_reqs* parameter.
diff --git a/docs/library/ustruct.rst b/docs/library/ustruct.rst
index 74e42af07a..a0a0ab65c0 100644
--- a/docs/library/ustruct.rst
+++ b/docs/library/ustruct.rst
@@ -18,26 +18,26 @@ Functions
 
 .. function:: calcsize(fmt)
 
-   Return the number of bytes needed to store the given `fmt`.
+   Return the number of bytes needed to store the given *fmt*.
 
 .. function:: pack(fmt, v1, v2, ...)
 
-   Pack the values `v1`, `v2`, ... according to the format string `fmt`.
+   Pack the values *v1*, *v2*, ... according to the format string *fmt*.
    The return value is a bytes object encoding the values.
 
 .. function:: pack_into(fmt, buffer, offset, v1, v2, ...)
 
-   Pack the values `v1`, `v2`, ... according to the format string `fmt`
-   into a `buffer` starting at `offset`. `offset` may be negative to count
-   from the end of `buffer`.
+   Pack the values *v1*, *v2*, ... according to the format string *fmt*
+   into a *buffer* starting at *offset*. *offset* may be negative to count
+   from the end of *buffer*.
 
 .. function:: unpack(fmt, data)
 
-   Unpack from the `data` according to the format string `fmt`.
+   Unpack from the *data* according to the format string *fmt*.
    The return value is a tuple of the unpacked values.
 
 .. function:: unpack_from(fmt, data, offset=0)
 
-   Unpack from the `data` starting at `offset` according to the format string
-   `fmt`. `offset` may be negative to count from the end of `buffer`. The return
+   Unpack from the *data* starting at *offset* according to the format string
+   *fmt*. *offset* may be negative to count from the end of *buffer*. The return
    value is a tuple of the unpacked values.