diff --git a/doc/syntax.rst b/doc/syntax.rst
index 981c9992..2d657d2c 100644
--- a/doc/syntax.rst
+++ b/doc/syntax.rst
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ to be dynamically specified.
 
 See the :ref:`formatexamples` section for some examples.
 
-
 .. _formatspec:
 
 Format Specification Mini-Language
diff --git a/doc/usage.rst b/doc/usage.rst
index 8a2b3037..d352a065 100644
--- a/doc/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/usage.rst
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ a `release archive <https://github.com/cppformat/cppformat/releases/latest>`_
 or the `Git repository <https://github.com/cppformat/cppformat>`_ to your project.
 
 If you are using Visual C++ with precompiled headers, you might need to add
-the line
-
-::
+the line ::
 
    #include "stdafx.h"