diff --git a/doc/040_backup.rst b/doc/040_backup.rst
index a07413ad9..2aeb063d9 100644
--- a/doc/040_backup.rst
+++ b/doc/040_backup.rst
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ case, specify the ``--skip-if-unchanged`` option.
 Note that when using absolute paths to specify the backup target, then also
 changes to the parent folders result in a changed snapshot. For example, a backup
 of ``/home/user/work`` will create a new snapshot if the metadata of either
- ``/``, ``/home`` or ``/home/user`` change. To avoid this problem run restic from
+``/``, ``/home`` or ``/home/user`` change. To avoid this problem run restic from
 the corresponding folder and use relative paths.
 
 .. code-block:: console
diff --git a/doc/050_restore.rst b/doc/050_restore.rst
index 57251f135..497488241 100644
--- a/doc/050_restore.rst
+++ b/doc/050_restore.rst
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ There are case insensitive variants of ``--exclude`` and ``--include`` called
 ignore the casing of paths.
 
 There are also ``--include-file``, ``--exclude-file``, ``--iinclude-file`` and
- ``--iexclude-file`` flags that read the include and exclude patterns from a file.
+``--iexclude-file`` flags that read the include and exclude patterns from a file.
 
 Restoring symbolic links on windows is only possible when the user has
 ``SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege`` privilege or is running as admin. This is a