diff --git a/packages/autop/src/index.js b/packages/autop/src/index.js
index e3b9fbca887b7..916f56a4be5f2 100644
--- a/packages/autop/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/autop/src/index.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function replaceInHtmlTags( haystack, replacePairs ) {
  *
  * A group of regex replaces used to identify text formatted with newlines and
  * replace double line-breaks with HTML paragraph tags. The remaining line-
- * breaks after conversion become <<br />> tags, unless br is set to 'false'.
+ * breaks after conversion become `<br />` tags, unless br is set to 'false'.
  *
  * @param  {string}    text The text which has to be formatted.
  * @param  {boolean}   br   Optional. If set, will convert all remaining line-
@@ -278,10 +278,10 @@ export function autop( text, br = true ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Replaces <p> tags with two line breaks. "Opposite" of autop().
+ * Replaces `<p>` tags with two line breaks. "Opposite" of autop().
  *
- * Replaces <p> tags with two line breaks except where the <p> has attributes.
- * Unifies whitespace. Indents <li>, <dt> and <dd> for better readability.
+ * Replaces `<p>` tags with two line breaks except where the `<p>` has attributes.
+ * Unifies whitespace. Indents `<li>`, `<dt>` and `<dd>` for better readability.
  *
  * @param  {string} html The content from the editor.
  * @return {string}      The content with stripped paragraph tags.