diff --git a/packages/autop/src/index.js b/packages/autop/src/index.js
index e3b9fbca887b7..916f56a4be5f2 100644
--- a/packages/autop/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/autop/src/index.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function replaceInHtmlTags( haystack, replacePairs ) {
*
* A group of regex replaces used to identify text formatted with newlines and
* replace double line-breaks with HTML paragraph tags. The remaining line-
- * breaks after conversion become <
> tags, unless br is set to 'false'.
+ * breaks after conversion become `
` tags, unless br is set to 'false'.
*
* @param {string} text The text which has to be formatted.
* @param {boolean} br Optional. If set, will convert all remaining line-
@@ -278,10 +278,10 @@ export function autop( text, br = true ) {
}
/**
- * Replaces
tags with two line breaks. "Opposite" of autop(). + * Replaces `
` tags with two line breaks. "Opposite" of autop(). * - * Replaces
tags with two line breaks except where the
has attributes. - * Unifies whitespace. Indents
` tags with two line breaks except where the `
` has attributes. + * Unifies whitespace. Indents `