diff --git a/docs/language/api.rst b/docs/language/api.rst
index b1a3e1d..b051565 100644
--- a/docs/language/api.rst
+++ b/docs/language/api.rst
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ digits.
 
     (print 10,000,000,000 10_000_000_000)
 
-Unlike Python, Hy provides literal forms for NaN and infinity: `NaN`, `Inf`,
-and `-Inf`.
+Unlike Python, Hy provides literal forms for NaN and infinity: ``NaN``,
+``Inf``, and ``-Inf``.
 
 string literals
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