diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
index 6348b3c97c..c3b3050933 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ methods, and those added using `setSources()` are inspected to see if they have
 `@PropertySources`, and if they do, those properties are added to the `Environment` early
 enough to be used in all phases of the `ApplicationContext` lifecycle. Properties added
 in this way have lower
-priority than any added using the default locations (e.g. `application.properties), system properties, environment variables or the command line.
+priority than any added using the default locations (e.g. `application.properties`), system properties, environment variables or the command line.
 
 You can also provide System properties (or environment variables) to change the behavior:
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-cli.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-cli.adoc
index 0762ac6978..f939095042 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-cli.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-cli.adoc
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ For example, the following declaration:
 
 [source,groovy,indent=0]
 ----
-	`@DependencyManagementBom("com.example.custom-bom:1.0.0")`
+	@DependencyManagementBom("com.example.custom-bom:1.0.0")
 ----
 
 Will pick up  `custom-bom-1.0.0.pom` in a Maven repository under
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ For example:
 
 [source,java,indent=0]
 ----
-	`@DependencyManagementBom(["com.example.custom-bom:1.0.0",
-			"com.example.another-bom:1.0.0"])`
+	@DependencyManagementBom(["com.example.custom-bom:1.0.0",
+			"com.example.another-bom:1.0.0"])
 ----
 
 indicates that dependency management in `another-bom` will override the dependency