diff --git a/doc/en/example/markers.rst b/doc/en/example/markers.rst
index d630d80c4..d2c38fa81 100644
--- a/doc/en/example/markers.rst
+++ b/doc/en/example/markers.rst
@@ -174,11 +174,15 @@ Or to select "http" and "quick" tests::
 .. note::
 
     If you are using expressions such as ``"X and Y"`` then both ``X`` and ``Y``
-    need to be simple non-keyword names.  For example, ``"pass"`` or ``"from"``
-    will result in SyntaxErrors because ``"-k"`` evaluates the expression using Python's ``eval`` function.
+    need to be simple non-keyword names. For example, ``"pass"`` or ``"from"``
+    will result in SyntaxErrors because ``"-k"`` evaluates the expression using
+    Python's `eval`_ function.
+
+.. _`eval`: https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/functions.html#eval
+
 
     However, if the ``"-k"`` argument is a simple string, no such restrictions
-    apply.  Also ``"-k 'not STRING'"`` has no restrictions.  You can also
+    apply. Also ``"-k 'not STRING'"`` has no restrictions.  You can also
     specify numbers like ``"-k 1.3"`` to match tests which are parametrized
     with the float ``"1.3"``.
 
diff --git a/doc/en/unittest.rst b/doc/en/unittest.rst
index e2ebe3e38..b177bf861 100644
--- a/doc/en/unittest.rst
+++ b/doc/en/unittest.rst
@@ -198,5 +198,5 @@ was executed ahead of the ``test_method``.
    The above ``usefixtures`` and ``autouse`` examples should help to mix in
    pytest fixtures into unittest suites.
 
-   You can also consider incrementally leave away ``unittest.TestCase`` subclassing,
-   using plain asserts and get the full pytest feature set.
+   You can also gradually move away from subclassing from ``unittest.TestCase``
+   to *plain asserts* and the benefits from the full pytest feature set.