diff --git a/src/sphinx/Detailed-Topics/Local-Scala.rst b/src/sphinx/Detailed-Topics/Local-Scala.rst
index 3f8723e51..0d90119bf 100644
--- a/src/sphinx/Detailed-Topics/Local-Scala.rst
+++ b/src/sphinx/Detailed-Topics/Local-Scala.rst
@@ -7,13 +7,21 @@ which is of type ``Option[File]``. This Scala version will only be used
 for the build and not for sbt, which will still use the version it was
 compiled against.
 
-Example: ``scala scalaHome := Some(file("/path/to/scala"))``
+Example:
+
+::
+
+    scalaHome := Some(file("/path/to/scala"))``
 
 Using a local Scala version will override the ``scalaVersion`` setting
 and will not work with :doc:`cross building <Cross-Build>`.
 
 sbt reuses the class loader for the local Scala version. If you
 recompile your local Scala version and you are using sbt interactively,
-run ``text > reload``
+run
+
+::
+
+    > reload
 
 to use the new compilation results.