diff --git a/Documentation/timers/hpet.rst b/Documentation/timers/hpet.rst
index c9d05d3caaca..8bb51d971997 100644
--- a/Documentation/timers/hpet.rst
+++ b/Documentation/timers/hpet.rst
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ The driver supports detection of HPET driver allocation and initialization
 of the HPET before the driver module_init routine is called.  This enables
 platform code which uses timer 0 or 1 as the main timer to intercept HPET
 initialization.  An example of this initialization can be found in
-arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c.
+``arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c``.
 
 The driver provides a userspace API which resembles the API found in the
 RTC driver framework.  An example user space program is provided in
-file:samples/timers/hpet_example.c
+``samples/timers/hpet_example.c``