diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/restdocs/templates/markdown/default-path-parameters.snippet b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/restdocs/templates/markdown/default-path-parameters.snippet
index f5f1daae..f1811879 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/restdocs/templates/markdown/default-path-parameters.snippet
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/restdocs/templates/markdown/default-path-parameters.snippet
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{{path}}
+`{{path}}`
+
 Parameter | Description
 --------- | -----------
 {{#parameters}}
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/request/PathParametersSnippetTests.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/request/PathParametersSnippetTests.java
index 7bee0c14..1b50d3d1 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/request/PathParametersSnippetTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/request/PathParametersSnippetTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.restdocs.AbstractSnippetTests;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.generate.RestDocumentationGenerator;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.templates.TemplateEngine;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.templates.TemplateFormat;
+import org.springframework.restdocs.templates.TemplateFormats;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.templates.TemplateResourceResolver;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.templates.mustache.MustacheTemplateEngine;
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ public class PathParametersSnippetTests extends AbstractSnippetTests {
 	@Test
 	public void pathParameters() throws IOException {
 		this.snippet.expectPathParameters("path-parameters").withContents(
-				tableWithTitleAndHeader("/{a}/{b}", "Parameter", "Description")
+				tableWithTitleAndHeader(getTitle(), "Parameter", "Description")
 						.row("a", "one").row("b", "two"));
 		new PathParametersSnippet(Arrays.asList(parameterWithName("a").description("one"),
 				parameterWithName("b").description("two")))
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ public class PathParametersSnippetTests extends AbstractSnippetTests {
 	@Test
 	public void ignoredPathParameter() throws IOException {
 		this.snippet.expectPathParameters("ignored-path-parameter").withContents(
-				tableWithTitleAndHeader("/{a}/{b}", "Parameter", "Description").row("b",
+				tableWithTitleAndHeader(getTitle(), "Parameter", "Description").row("b",
 						"two"));
 		new PathParametersSnippet(Arrays.asList(parameterWithName("a").ignored(),
 				parameterWithName("b").description("two")))
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ public class PathParametersSnippetTests extends AbstractSnippetTests {
 	public void pathParametersWithQueryString() throws IOException {
 		this.snippet.expectPathParameters("path-parameters-with-query-string")
 				.withContents(
-						tableWithTitleAndHeader("/{a}/{b}", "Parameter", "Description")
+						tableWithTitleAndHeader(getTitle(), "Parameter", "Description")
 								.row("a", "one").row("b", "two"));
 		new PathParametersSnippet(Arrays.asList(parameterWithName("a").description("one"),
 				parameterWithName("b").description("two"))).document(
@@ -132,4 +133,9 @@ public class PathParametersSnippetTests extends AbstractSnippetTests {
 										.build());
 	}
 
+	private String getTitle() {
+		return this.templateFormat == TemplateFormats.asciidoctor() ? "/{a}/{b}"
+				: "`/{a}/{b}`";
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/test/SnippetMatchers.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/test/SnippetMatchers.java
index a7875b76..bb0c146c 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/test/SnippetMatchers.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/test/SnippetMatchers.java
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ public final class SnippetMatchers {
 			super(TemplateFormats.asciidoctor());
 			if (StringUtils.hasText(title)) {
 				this.addLine(title);
+				this.addLine("");
 			}
 			String header = StringUtils
 					.collectionToDelimitedString(Arrays.asList(columns), " | ");