diff --git a/doc/sphinx/arm/admin.rst b/doc/sphinx/arm/admin.rst
index a0859ebd67..1be290f58d 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/arm/admin.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/arm/admin.rst
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ version, it will fail; administrative action is required to upgrade the schema.
 
 .. _kea-admin:
 
-The kea-admin Tool
-==================
+The ``kea-admin`` Tool
+======================
 
 To manage the databases, Kea provides the ``kea-admin`` tool. It can
 initialize a new backend, check its version number, perform a backend
@@ -48,19 +48,19 @@ upgrade, and dump lease data to a text file.
 ``backend``. Additional, non-mandatory options may be specified. The
 currently supported commands are:
 
--  ``db-init`` — Initializes a new database schema. This is useful
+-  ``db-init`` — initializes a new database schema. This is useful
    during a new Kea installation. The database is initialized to the
    latest version supported by the version of the software being
    installed.
 
--  ``db-version`` — Reports the database backend version number. This
+-  ``db-version`` — reports the database backend version number. This
    is not necessarily equal to the Kea version number, as each backend
    has its own versioning scheme.
 
--  ``db-upgrade`` — Conducts a database schema upgrade. This is
+-  ``db-upgrade`` — conducts a database schema upgrade. This is
    useful when upgrading Kea.
 
--  ``lease-dump`` — Dumps the contents of the lease database (for MySQL,
+-  ``lease-dump`` — dumps the contents of the lease database (for MySQL,
    PostgreSQL, or CQL backends) to a CSV (comma-separated values) text
    file. The first line of the file contains the column names. This is
    meant to be used as a diagnostic tool, so it provides a portable,
@@ -68,21 +68,21 @@ currently supported commands are:
 
 .. note::
 
-  In versions of Kea earlier than 1.6.0, the `db-init`, `db-version`, and
-  `db-upgrade` commands were named `lease-init`, `lease-version`, and
-  `lease-upgrade`, respectively.
+  In versions of Kea earlier than 1.6.0, the ``db-init``, ``db-version``, and
+  ``db-upgrade`` commands were named ``lease-init``, ``lease-version``, and
+  ``lease-upgrade``, respectively.
 
 ``backend`` specifies the type of backend database. The currently
 supported types are:
 
--  ``memfile`` — Lease information is stored on disk in a text file.
+-  ``memfile`` — lease information is stored on disk in a text file.
 
--  ``mysql`` — Information is stored in a MySQL relational database.
+-  ``mysql`` — information is stored in a MySQL relational database.
 
--  ``pgsql`` — Information is stored in a PostgreSQL relational
+-  ``pgsql`` — information is stored in a PostgreSQL relational
    database.
 
--  ``cql`` — Information is stored in an Apache Cassandra database.
+-  ``cql`` — information is stored in an Apache Cassandra database.
    This backend is deprecated.
 
 Additional parameters may be needed, depending on the setup and
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ To check the MySQL timezone:
 To configure the MySQL timezone for a specific server, please refer to the
 installed version documentation.
 
-Usually the setting is configured in the [mysqld] section in /etc/mysql/my.cnf,
-/etc/mysql/mysql.cnf, /etc/mysql/mysqld.cnf, or
-/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf.
+Usually the setting is configured in the [mysqld] section in ``/etc/mysql/my.cnf``,
+``/etc/mysql/mysql.cnf``, ``/etc/mysql/mysqld.cnf``, or
+``/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf``.
 
    .. code-block:: ini
 
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ To create the database:
    (where ``path-to-kea`` is the location where Kea is installed.)
 
 .. warning::
+
     Dropping the database results in the unrecoverable loss of any data it contains.
 
 
@@ -380,7 +381,7 @@ Improved Performance With MySQL
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Changing the MySQL internal value ``innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit`` from the default value
-of ``1`` to ``2`` can result in a huge gain in Kea performance. In some deployments, the
+of 1 to 2 can result in a huge gain in Kea performance. In some deployments, the
 gain was over 1000% (10 times faster when set to 2, compared to the default value of 1).
 It can be set per-session for testing: