diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d37b48d..e4ec9ff 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -99,13 +99,14 @@ You can change the formatting of notifications by setting the values for ``AUTO_
 ``AUTO_NOTIFY_BODY``. When writing these values, the following variables will be replaced according to
 the data that ``auto-notify`` has detected:
 
-* `%command` - the command that the user executed
-* `%elapsed` - number of seconds that elapsed
-* `%exit_code` - the exit code of the command that was executed
+* ``%command`` - the command that the user executed
+* ``%elapsed`` - number of seconds that elapsed
+* ``%exit_code`` - the exit code of the command that was executed
 
 An example of how these values can be set is shown below:
 
 ::
+
     export AUTO_NOTIFY_TITLE="Hey! %command has just finished"
     export AUTO_NOTIFY_BODY="It completed in %elapsed seconds with exit code %exit_code"