diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
index 556013ebca..8dc137353c 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ To enable CSRF protection for your views, follow these steps:
                   # ... view code here
                   return render_to_response("a_template.html", c)
 
-          You may want to write your own ``render_to_response`` wrapper that
-          takes care of this step for you.
+          You may want to write your own
+          :func:`~django.shortcuts.render_to_response()` wrapper that takes care
+          of this step for you.
 
 The utility script ``extras/csrf_migration_helper.py`` can help to automate the
 finding of code and templates that may need these steps. It contains full help
diff --git a/docs/ref/template-response.txt b/docs/ref/template-response.txt
index 90da00220e..1b92d73d48 100644
--- a/docs/ref/template-response.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/template-response.txt
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ Using TemplateResponse and SimpleTemplateResponse
 
 A TemplateResponse object can be used anywhere that a normal
 HttpResponse can be used. It can also be used as an alternative to
-calling :meth:`~django.shortcuts.render_to_response()`.
+calling :func:`~django.shortcuts.render_to_response()`.
 
 For example, the following simple view returns a
 :class:`TemplateResponse()` with a simple template, and a context
diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
index c997a3c279..2ca08b1fd9 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
@@ -404,11 +404,12 @@ optional, third positional argument, ``processors``. In this example, the
         return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
 .. note::
-    If you're using Django's ``render_to_response()`` shortcut to populate a
-    template with the contents of a dictionary, your template will be passed a
-    ``Context`` instance by default (not a ``RequestContext``). To use a
-    ``RequestContext`` in your template rendering, pass an optional third
-    argument to ``render_to_response()``: a ``RequestContext``
+    If you're using Django's :func:`~django.shortcuts.render_to_response()`
+    shortcut to populate a template with the contents of a dictionary, your
+    template will be passed a ``Context`` instance by default (not a
+    ``RequestContext``). To use a ``RequestContext`` in your template rendering,
+    pass an optional third argument to
+    :func:`~django.shortcuts.render_to_response()`: a ``RequestContext``
     instance. Your code might look like this::
 
         def some_view(request):
@@ -789,7 +790,7 @@ implement this API we can use third party template systems like `Jinja2
 <http://jinja.pocoo.org/2/>`_ or `Cheetah <http://www.cheetahtemplate.org/>`_. This
 allows us to use third-party template libraries without giving up useful Django
 features like the Django ``Context`` object and handy shortcuts like
-``render_to_response()``.
+:func:`~django.shortcuts.render_to_response()`.
 
 The core component of the Django templating system is the ``Template`` class.
 This class has a very simple interface: it has a constructor that takes a single
diff --git a/docs/topics/class-based-views.txt b/docs/topics/class-based-views.txt
index c59151a91a..c90469b758 100644
--- a/docs/topics/class-based-views.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/class-based-views.txt
@@ -550,8 +550,8 @@ requested::
                 return SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin.render_to_response(self, context)
 
 Because of the way that Python resolves method overloading, the local
-:func:`render_to_response()` implementation will override the
-versions provided by :class:`JSONResponseMixin` and
+``render_to_response()`` implementation will override the versions provided by
+:class:`JSONResponseMixin` and
 :class:`~django.views.generic.detail.SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin`.
 
 Decorating class-based views
@@ -613,4 +613,4 @@ login protection.
     ``method_decorator`` passes ``*args`` and ``**kwargs``
     as parameters to the decorated method on the class. If your method
     does not accept a compatible set of parameters it will raise a
-    ``TypeError`` exception.
\ No newline at end of file
+    ``TypeError`` exception.