diff --git a/cadquery/cq.py b/cadquery/cq.py
index 60f664791..7ce014c55 100644
--- a/cadquery/cq.py
+++ b/cadquery/cq.py
@@ -3245,9 +3245,10 @@ def union(
     def __or__(self: T, toUnion: Union["Workplane", Solid, Compound]) -> T:
         """
         Syntactic sugar for union.
-        Notice that `r = a | b` is equivalent to `r = a.union(b)` and `r = a + b`.
+        Notice that :code:`r = a | b` is equivalent to :code:`r = a.union(b)` and :code:`r = a + b`.
 
         Example::
+
             Box = Workplane("XY").box(1, 1, 1, centered=(False, False, False))
             Sphere = Workplane("XY").sphere(1)
             result = Box | Sphere
@@ -3257,7 +3258,7 @@ def __or__(self: T, toUnion: Union["Workplane", Solid, Compound]) -> T:
     def __add__(self: T, toUnion: Union["Workplane", Solid, Compound]) -> T:
         """
         Syntactic sugar for union.
-        Notice that `r = a + b` is equivalent to `r = a.union(b)` and `r = a | b`.
+        Notice that :code:`r = a + b` is equivalent to :code:`r = a.union(b)` and :code:`r = a | b`.
         """
         return self.union(toUnion)
 
@@ -3296,7 +3297,7 @@ def cut(
     def __sub__(self: T, toUnion: Union["Workplane", Solid, Compound]) -> T:
         """
         Syntactic sugar for cut.
-        Notice that `r = a - b` is equivalent to `r = a.cut(b)`.
+        Notice that :code:`r = a - b` is equivalent to :code:`r = a.cut(b)`.
 
         Example::
 
@@ -3341,7 +3342,7 @@ def intersect(
     def __and__(self: T, toUnion: Union["Workplane", Solid, Compound]) -> T:
         """
         Syntactic sugar for intersect.
-        Notice that `r = a & b` is equivalent to `r = a.intersect(b)`.
+        Notice that :code:`r = a & b` is equivalent to :code:`r = a.intersect(b)`.
 
         Example::