diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
index f0e0c13a2f..b99ef25cac 100644
--- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
@@ -555,10 +555,10 @@ a subclass of dictionary. Exceptions are outlined here:
 .. method:: QueryDict.__getitem__(key)
 
     Returns the last data value for the given key. If the key has more than one
-    value, it returns the last value. If the value is an empty list, [] is
-    returned. Raises django.utils.datastructures.MultiValueDictKeyError if
+    value, it returns the last value. If the value is an empty list, ``[]`` is
+    returned. Raises ``django.utils.datastructures.MultiValueDictKeyError`` if
     the key does not exist. (This is a subclass of Python's standard
-    :exc:KeyError, so you can stick to catching KeyError.)
+    :exc:`KeyError`, so you can stick to catching ``KeyError``.)
 	
 .. method:: QueryDict.__setitem__(key, value)