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@@ -254,5 +254,5 @@ This CHANGELOG describes the merged but unreleased changes. Please see [CHANGELO
 
 #### Documentation
 
-* Module docstrings are now displayed for namespace indexes when documentation is built via --mkdoc.
-* Generated documentation are now removed via --clean.
+* Module docstrings are now displayed for namespace indexes when documentation is built via `--mkdoc`.
+* Generated documentation are now removed via `--clean`.