diff --git a/docs/ldml/tr35.md b/docs/ldml/tr35.md
index 89332340b7f..65e2cf5ed71 100644
--- a/docs/ldml/tr35.md
+++ b/docs/ldml/tr35.md
@@ -1937,14 +1937,14 @@ _Ordered_ elements are those whose sequence in the XML file is important; that i
 <!ELEMENT languageMatch EMPTY >
     <!--@ORDERED-->
 ```
-In the file languageInfo.xml, we find the following.
+In the file `languageInfo.xml`, we find the following.
 ```
 <languageMatch desired="ja_Hira"	supported="ja_Jpan"	distance="5"	oneway="true"/>
 …
 <!-- default script mismatch distance -->
 <languageMatch desired="*_*"	supported="*_*"	distance="50"/>	<!-- *; * ⇒ *; * -->
 ```
-The ordering among the languageMatch items is important, because the *_* must only be matched after all the explicit scripts have been.
+The ordering among the languageMatch items is important, because the `*_*` must only be matched _after_ all the explicit scripts have been.
 
 The ordered elements also _block_ inheritance in files governed by ldml.dtd. That is, because the elements are ordered, there is no way to tell where an inherited element from a parent locale would be in that sequence.