diff --git a/docs/text-sizing-protocol.rst b/docs/text-sizing-protocol.rst
index 8a63e5ca9..b9ad57886 100644
--- a/docs/text-sizing-protocol.rst
+++ b/docs/text-sizing-protocol.rst
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ Unicode variation selectors
 
 There are two code points (:code:`U+FE0E` and :code:`U+FE0F`) that can actually
 `alter the width of the previous code point <http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11/#ED4>`__
-by changing their presentation between *Emoji_Presentation* and *Text_Presentation*.
+by changing their presentation between ``Emoji_Presentation`` and ``Text_Presentation``.
 When adding a code point to the previous cell these have to be handled specially.
 
 ``U+FE0E`` - Variation Selector 15