diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml
index 8e81885e7a..3bc520d73f 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       resources for <application>XFree86</application> focus on CRT monitors; getting a
       suitable modeline for an LCD display may be tricky.  You may
       be lucky and not need to specify a modeline, or just need to
-      specify suitable HorizSync and VertRefresh ranges.  If that
+      specify suitable <literal>HorizSync</literal> and <literal>VertRefresh</literal> ranges.  If that
       does not work, the best option is to check web resources
       devoted to configuring X on laptops (these are often
       linux-oriented sites but it does not matter because both systems
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     </programlisting>
 
     <para>in the <filename>XF86Config</filename> file in the <literal>InputDevice</literal> 
-      section (for XFree86 version 4; for version 3, put just the line 
+      section (for <application>XFree86</application> version 4; for version 3, put just the line 
       <literal>Emulate3Buttons</literal>, without the quotes, in the 
       <literal>Pointer</literal> section.)</para>
   </sect1>