diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml
index 35d91cf..d9ccc93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd benchmarks
 
-          # With 'existing', the benchmarked project must be already installed, including all dependencies.
+          # With `existing`, the benchmarked project must be already installed, including all dependencies.
           # see https://asv.readthedocs.io/en/v0.6.3/commands.html#asv-check
           asv check -v -E existing
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9db1b9b..2171297 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ There are three main ways in which these benchmarks can be useful to developers:
 1. Developers can also run these benchmarks on data they have stored locally.
 1. We also plan to run the benchmarks on an internal runner using a larger dataset, of the scale we expect users to be handling. The result of these benchmarks will be made publicly available.
 
-For further details on how to run the benchmarks, see the [benchmarks README file](benchmarks/README.md)
+For further details on how to run the benchmarks, see the [benchmarks README](benchmarks/README.md).
 
 Contributions to BrainGlobe are more than welcome.
 Please see the [developer guide](https://brainglobe.info/developers/index.html).