diff --git a/doc/advopt.txt b/doc/advopt.txt
index 8b906298dd..830b8bfc6a 100644
--- a/doc/advopt.txt
+++ b/doc/advopt.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Advanced commands:
   //genDepend               generate a DOT file containing the
                             module dependency graph
   //dump                    dump all defined conditionals and search paths
-                            see also: --dump.format:json (useful with: ` | jq`)
+                            see also: --dump.format:json (useful with: `| jq`)
   //check                   checks the project for syntax and semantic
 
 Runtime checks (see -x):
diff --git a/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim b/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
index 123922c99d..56bfe580b3 100644
--- a/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
+++ b/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ proc isInlineMarkupEnd(p: RstParser, markup: string): bool =
   if not result:
     return                    # Rule 4:
   result = (p.tok[p.idx + 1].kind in {tkIndent, tkWhite, tkEof}) or
+      (markup in ["``", "`"] and p.tok[p.idx + 1].kind in {tkIndent, tkWhite, tkWord, tkEof}) or
       (p.tok[p.idx + 1].symbol[0] in
       {'\'', '\"', ')', ']', '}', '>', '-', '/', '\\', ':', '.', ',', ';', '!',
        '?', '_'})
@@ -522,6 +523,7 @@ proc isInlineMarkupStart(p: RstParser, markup: string): bool =
   if not result:
     return                    # Rule 1:
   result = (p.idx == 0) or (p.tok[p.idx - 1].kind in {tkIndent, tkWhite}) or
+      (markup in ["``", "`"] and p.tok[p.idx - 1].kind in {tkIndent, tkWhite, tkWord}) or
       (p.tok[p.idx - 1].symbol[0] in
       {'\'', '\"', '(', '[', '{', '<', '-', '/', ':', '_'})
   if not result: