diff --git a/docs/examples/surmise.rst b/docs/examples/surmise.rst
index 72fa87413..baed2a7fe 100644
--- a/docs/examples/surmise.rst
+++ b/docs/examples/surmise.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ persistent_surmise
 ------------------
 
 Required: Surmise_
-
-Note that currently the github fork https://github.com/mosesyhc/surmise should be used::
+::
 
     pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/bandframework/surmise.git@develop
 
diff --git a/libensemble/gen_funcs/persistent_fd_param_finder.py b/libensemble/gen_funcs/persistent_fd_param_finder.py
index 08c05eef3..7b993bdcd 100644
--- a/libensemble/gen_funcs/persistent_fd_param_finder.py
+++ b/libensemble/gen_funcs/persistent_fd_param_finder.py
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ def fd_param_finder(H, persis_info, gen_specs, libE_info):
     the gradient of a noisy simulation function. This
     search is centered around the point ``x0`` in ``R^n``.
 
-    Internally this search is guided by `ECNoise <https://www.mcs.anl.gov/~wild/cnoise/>`.
-    `Octave <https://octave.org/> is required for most users. Those with MATLAB may
+    Internally this search is guided by `ECNoise` <https://www.mcs.anl.gov/~wild/cnoise/>`.
+    `Octave` <https://octave.org/>` is required for most users. Those with MATLAB may
     need to modify this function's source to use that executable instead.
 
     .. seealso::