diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 97a0fcc..edb0969 100755
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -81,7 +81,3 @@ latex_documents = [
 
 # Example configuration for intersphinx: refer to the Python standard library.
 #intersphinx_mapping = {'http://docs.python.org/': None}
-
-# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
-# typographically correct entities.
-html_use_smartypants = False
diff --git a/doc/source/user/index.rst b/doc/source/user/index.rst
index ed41f30..4f77307 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/index.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ There are several options for running coverage2sql, they can be listed with::
 
     coverage2sql --help
 
-The only required option is --database-connection. The options can either be
+The only required option is ``--database-connection``. The options can either be
 used on the CLI, or put in a config file. If a config file is used you need to
 specify the location on the CLI.