diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-hello-world-example/README.md b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-hello-world-example/README.md
index 6c93f4aa..b6d1927d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-hello-world-example/README.md
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-hello-world-example/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Setting up the Environment
 
-To play with these examples, you can install locally Kubernetes & Docker using `[Minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/)` within a Virtual Machine
+To play with these examples, you can install locally Kubernetes & Docker using [Minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/) within a Virtual Machine
 managed by a hypervisor (Xhyve, Virtualbox or KVM) if your machine is not a native Unix operating system.
 
   
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/README.md b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/README.md
index ad953e0b..1e76ec26 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/README.md
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-leader-election-example/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Setting up the Environment
 
 This example uses a Fabric8 Maven Plugin to deploy an application to a Kubernetes cluster.
-To try it locally, download and install `[Minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/)`.
+To try it locally, download and install [Minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/).
 
 Once Minikube is downloaded, start it with the following command:
 ```
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-reload-example/README.md b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-reload-example/README.md
index 8877ef44..c4648761 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-reload-example/README.md
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-examples/kubernetes-reload-example/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 # Setting up the Environment
 
-To play with these examples, you can install locally Kubernetes & Docker using `[Minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/)` within a Virtual Machine
+To play with these examples, you can install locally Kubernetes & Docker using [Minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/) within a Virtual Machine
 managed by a hypervisor (Xhyve, Virtualbox or KVM) if your machine is not a native Unix operating system.