diff --git a/mailer.rst b/mailer.rst
index 5e5534496cd..f802628db23 100644
--- a/mailer.rst
+++ b/mailer.rst
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ You'll now have a new line in your ``.env`` file that you can uncomment:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    # .env`
+    # .env
 
     SENDGRID_KEY=
     MAILER_DSN=smtp://$SENDGRID_KEY@sendgrid
 
-The``MAILER_DSN`` isn't a *real* SMTP address: it's a simple format that offloads
+The ``MAILER_DSN`` isn't a *real* SMTP address: it's a simple format that offloads
 most of the configuration work to mailer. The ``@sendgrid`` part of the address
 activates the SendGrid mailer library that you just installed, which knows all
 about how to deliver messages to SendGrid.