diff --git a/docs/keyboard-protocol.rst b/docs/keyboard-protocol.rst
index 991671d05..29a900186 100644
--- a/docs/keyboard-protocol.rst
+++ b/docs/keyboard-protocol.rst
@@ -278,10 +278,10 @@ oldest entry from the stack must be evicted.
    screen is and restore to that mode on exit.
 
 .. note:: In the interests of interoperation, the XTerm specific sequences
-   ``CSI > 4; x m` and `CSI > 4; 0 m` are treated as `CSI > 1 u` and `CSI < 1 u`.
-   Here `x` can be either `1` or `2`. These codes cause XTerm to use the CSI u
-   encoding for more keys and are therefore treated as similar to the disambiguate
-   progressive enhancement.
+   ``CSI > 4; x m`` and ``CSI > 4; 0 m`` are treated as ``CSI > 1 u`` and ``CSI
+   < 1 u``.  Here ``x`` can be either ``1`` or ``2``. These codes cause XTerm
+   to use the CSI u encoding for more keys and are therefore treated as similar
+   to the disambiguate progressive enhancement.
 
 
 .. _disambiguate: