diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/announcement/AnnouncementOperations.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/announcement/AnnouncementOperations.java
index 2cc09dd..269783f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/announcement/AnnouncementOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/announcement/AnnouncementOperations.java
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ public class AnnouncementOperations {
 
 			builder.append("* ");
 			builder.append(project.getFullName()).append(" ");
+			builder.append("`");
 			builder.append(module.getShortVersionString());
+			builder.append("`");
 			builder.append(" - ");
 
 			MavenArtifact artifact = new MavenArtifact(module);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/cli/ReleaseCommands.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/cli/ReleaseCommands.java
index dc05b6e..256e453 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/cli/ReleaseCommands.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/cli/ReleaseCommands.java
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ class ReleaseCommands extends TimedCommand {
 			deployment.promote(information);
 
 		} else {
-
 			build.performRelease(iteration).forEach(deployment::promote);
 		}
 	}