diff --git a/CHANGES/802.misc.rst b/CHANGES/802.misc.rst
index 84e8c526f..f1b32bc01 100644
--- a/CHANGES/802.misc.rst
+++ b/CHANGES/802.misc.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-Switched from setuptools's legacy backend (``setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__``)
+Switched from ``setuptools``' legacy backend (``setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__``)
 to the modern one (``setuptools.build_meta``) by actually specifying the
-the ``build-system.build-backend`` option in ``pyproject.toml``.
+the ``[build-system].build-backend`` option in :file:`pyproject.toml`.