diff --git a/modules/io/doc/mmcif.rst b/modules/io/doc/mmcif.rst
index 8bb3b6fc6adb8d54b3bc3f6604d4ad0d6cd0e89d..bde82a7dcbc863ef55aa21ac37190b270c102a26 100644
--- a/modules/io/doc/mmcif.rst
+++ b/modules/io/doc/mmcif.rst
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ of the annotation available.
   .. attribute:: hetero_num
 
     Residue numbers of heterogeneous compounds - empty if entity is not
-    of type "polymer". Read from _entity_poly_seq category. If a residue is
+    of type "polymer". Read from ``_entity_poly_seq`` category. If a residue is
     heterogeneous, the monomer id that comes first in the CIF file ends up
     in :attr:`mon_ids`. The remnant is listed here.
     This list specifies the residue numbers for the respective monomer ids
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ of the annotation available.
   .. attribute:: hetero_ids
 
     Monomer ids of heterogeneous compounds - empty if entity is not
-    of type "polymer". Read from _entity_poly_seq category. If a residue is
+    of type "polymer". Read from ``_entity_poly_seq`` category. If a residue is
     heterogeneous, the monomer id that comes first in the CIF file ends up
     in :attr:`mon_ids`. The remnant is listed here.
     This list specifies the monomer ids for the respective locations in