diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration/background_jobs.rst b/admin_manual/configuration/background_jobs.rst
index 972e61c35..139fbf954 100644
--- a/admin_manual/configuration/background_jobs.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/configuration/background_jobs.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ may have.
 
 **Example**
 
-To run a cron job on a *nix system, e.g. every 15min, under the default web server
+To run a cron job on a \*nix system, e.g. every 15min, under the default web server
 user, e.g. **www-data**, you need to set-up the following cron job to call the
 **cron.php** script. Please check the crontab man page for the exact command syntax.
 
diff --git a/admin_manual/installation/installation_source.rst b/admin_manual/installation/installation_source.rst
index f545f8122..32d7595d6 100644
--- a/admin_manual/installation/installation_source.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/installation/installation_source.rst
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ Example config for Apache 2.4:
 	Dav Off
 
 * Furthermore, you need to disable any server-configured authentication for ownCloud, as
-  it's internally using Basic authentication for its *DAV services.
+  it's internally using Basic authentication for its \*DAV services.
   If you have turned on authentication on a parent folder (via e.g. an "AuthType Basic"
   directive), you can turn off the authentication specifically for the ownCloud entry;
   to do so, in above "<Directory ..." code, add the following line directly after the