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@@ -597,7 +597,8 @@ Common reST concepts
For paragraphs, indentation is significant and indicates indentation in the
output. New paragraphs are marked with a blank line.
-Use *italics*, **bold**, and ``monospace`` if needed in any explanations
+Use ``*italics*``, ``**bold**`` and ````monospace```` if needed in any
+explanations
(but not for variable names and doctest code or multi-line code).
Variable, module, function, and class names should be written between
single back-ticks (```numpy```).