diff --git a/docs/meson.rst b/docs/meson.rst
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--- a/docs/meson.rst
+++ b/docs/meson.rst
@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ Options
 ^^^^^^^
 
 One of the oddities of Meson is that some options are different when
-passed to the ``meson`` than to ``meson configure``. These options are
-passed as --option=foo to ``meson``, but -Doption=foo to
+passed to :program:`meson` than to ``meson configure``. These options are
+passed as --option=foo to :program:`meson`, but -Doption=foo to
 ``meson configure``. Mesa defined options are always passed as
 -Doption=foo.