diff --git a/arti/README.md b/arti/README.md
index f14359310..67d8b5b27 100644
--- a/arti/README.md
+++ b/arti/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ the configuration.
 configuration file to the list of configuration file.  You can use
 this multiple times: All files will be loaded and merged.
 
-'-c <key>=<value>` sets a configuration option to be applied after all
+`-c <key>=<value>` sets a configuration option to be applied after all
 configuration files are loaded.
 
 ## Configuration
diff --git a/arti/src/main.rs b/arti/src/main.rs
index 3606e24d8..42201793f 100644
--- a/arti/src/main.rs
+++ b/arti/src/main.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 //! configuration file to the list of configuration file.  You can use
 //! this multiple times: All files will be loaded and merged.
 //!
-//! '-c <key>=<value>` sets a configuration option to be applied after all
+//! `-c <key>=<value>` sets a configuration option to be applied after all
 //! configuration files are loaded.
 //!
 //! # Configuration