diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 93d9252a00ab..37226a9cfa4f 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1606,14 +1606,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iput);
  *	@inode:  inode owning the block number being requested
  *	@block: pointer containing the block to find
  *
- *	Replaces the value in *block with the block number on the device holding
+ *	Replaces the value in ``*block`` with the block number on the device holding
  *	corresponding to the requested block number in the file.
  *	That is, asked for block 4 of inode 1 the function will replace the
- *	4 in *block, with disk block relative to the disk start that holds that
+ *	4 in ``*block``, with disk block relative to the disk start that holds that
  *	block of the file.
  *
  *	Returns -EINVAL in case of error, 0 otherwise. If mapping falls into a
- *	hole, returns 0 and *block is also set to 0.
+ *	hole, returns 0 and ``*block`` is also set to 0.
  */
 int bmap(struct inode *inode, sector_t *block)
 {