diff --git a/docs/containers-transports.5.md b/docs/containers-transports.5.md
index 481bdb73c7..edf9410f33 100644
--- a/docs/containers-transports.5.md
+++ b/docs/containers-transports.5.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ containers-transports - description of supported transports for copying and stor
 ## DESCRIPTION
 
 Tools which use the containers/image library, including skopeo(1), buildah(1), podman(1), all share a common syntax for referring to container images in various locations.
-The general form of the syntax is _transport:details_, where details are dependent on the specified transport, which are documented below.
+The general form of the syntax is _transport_`:`_details_, where details are dependent on the specified transport, which are documented below.
 
 The semantics of the image names ultimately depend on the environment where
 they are evaluated. For example: if evaluated on a remote server, image names
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ directory of the image consumer.
 
 <!-- atomic: is deprecated and not documented here. -->
 
-### **containers-storage**:[**[**storage-specifier**]**]{image-id|docker-reference[@image-id]}
+### **containers-storage:**[**[**_storage-specifier_**]**]{_image-id_|_docker-reference_[**@**_image-id_]}
 
 An image located in a local containers storage.
 The format of _docker-reference_ is described in detail in the **docker** transport.
 
-The _storage-specifier_ allows for referencing storage locations on the file system and has the format `[[driver@]root[+run-root][:options]]` where the optional `driver` refers to the storage driver (e.g., overlay or btrfs) and where `root` is an absolute path to the storage's root directory.
-The optional `run-root` can be used to specify the run directory of the storage where all temporary writable content is stored.
-The optional `options` are a comma-separated list of driver-specific options.
+The _storage-specifier_ allows for referencing storage locations on the file system and has the format `[`[_driver_`@`]_root_[`+`_run-root_][`:`_options_]`]` where the optional _driver_ refers to the storage driver (e.g., `overlay` or `btrfs`) and where _root_ is an absolute path to the storage's root directory.
+The optional _run-root_ can be used to specify the run directory of the storage where all temporary writable content is stored.
+The optional _options_ are a comma-separated list of driver-specific options.
 Please refer to containers-storage.conf(5) for further information on the drivers and supported options.
 
 ### **dir:**_path_
@@ -40,34 +40,34 @@ By default, uses the authorization state in `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/containers/auth.js
 If the authorization state is not found there, `$HOME/.docker/config.json` is checked, which is set using docker-login(1).
 The containers-registries.conf(5) further allows for configuring various settings of a registry.
 
-Note that a _docker-reference_ has the following format: _name_[**:**_tag_ | **@**_digest_].
+Note that a _docker-reference_ has the following format: _name_[`:`_tag_ | `@`_digest_].
 While the docker transport does not support both a tag and a digest at the same time some formats like containers-storage do.
 Digests can also be used in an image destination as long as the manifest matches the provided digest.
 
-The docker transport supports pushing images without a tag or digest to a registry when the image name is suffixed with **@@unknown-digest@@**. The _name_**@@unknown-digest@@** reference format cannot be used with a reference that has a tag or digest.
+The docker transport supports pushing images without a tag or digest to a registry when the image name is suffixed with `@@unknown-digest@@`. The _name_`@@unknown-digest@@` reference format cannot be used with a reference that has a tag or digest.
 The digest of images can be explored with skopeo-inspect(1).
 
-If `name` does not contain a slash, it is treated as `docker.io/library/name`.
-Otherwise, the component before the first slash is checked if it is recognized as a `hostname[:port]` (i.e., it contains either a . or a :, or the component is exactly localhost).
-If the first component of name is not recognized as a `hostname[:port]`, `name` is treated as `docker.io/name`.
+If _name_ does not contain a slash, it is treated as `docker.io/library/`_name_.
+Otherwise, the component before the first slash is checked if it is recognized as a _hostname_[`:`_port_] (i.e., it contains either a `.` or a `:`, or the component is exactly `localhost`).
+If the first component of name is not recognized as a _hostname_[`:`_port_], _name_ is treated as `docker.io/`_name_.
 
-### **docker-archive:**_path[:{docker-reference|@source-index}]_
+### **docker-archive:**_path_[`:`{_docker-reference_|`@`_source-index_}]
 
 An image is stored in the docker-save(1) formatted file.
 _docker-reference_ must not contain a digest.
-Alternatively, for reading archives, @_source-index_ is a zero-based index in archive manifest
+Alternatively, for reading archives, `@`_source-index_ is a zero-based index in archive manifest
 (to access untagged images).
-If neither _docker-reference_ nor @_source_index is specified when reading an archive, the archive must contain exactly one image.
+If neither _docker-reference_ nor `@`_source_index is specified when reading an archive, the archive must contain exactly one image.
 
 The _path_ can refer to a stream, e.g. `docker-archive:/dev/stdin`.
 
-### **docker-daemon:**_docker-reference|algo:digest_
+### **docker-daemon:**_docker-reference_|_algo_`:`_digest_
 
 An image stored in the docker daemon's internal storage.
-The image must be specified as a _docker-reference_ or in an alternative _algo:digest_ format when being used as an image source.
-The _algo:digest_ refers to the image ID reported by docker-inspect(1).
+The image must be specified as a _docker-reference_ or in an alternative _algo_`:`_digest_ format when being used as an image source.
+The _algo_`:`_digest_ refers to the image ID reported by docker-inspect(1).
 
-### **oci:**_path[:reference]_
+### **oci:**_path_[`:`_reference_]
 
 An image in a directory structure compliant with the "Open Container Image Layout Specification" at _path_.
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ The _path_ value terminates at the first `:` character; any further `:` characte
 The _reference_ is used to set, or match, the `org.opencontainers.image.ref.name` annotation in the top-level index.
 If _reference_ is not specified when reading an image, the directory must contain exactly one image.
 
-### **oci-archive:**_path[:reference]_
+### **oci-archive:**_path_[`:`_reference_]
 
 An image in a tar(1) archive with contents compliant with the "Open Container Image Layout Specification" at _path_.
 
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ The _path_ value terminates at the first `:` character; any further `:` characte
 The _reference_ is used to set, or match, the `org.opencontainers.image.ref.name` annotation in the top-level index.
 If _reference_ is not specified when reading an archive, the archive must contain exactly one image.
 
-### **ostree:**_docker-reference[@/absolute/repo/path]_
+### **ostree:**_docker-reference_[`@`_/absolute/repo/path_]
 
 An image in the local ostree(1) repository.
-_/absolute/repo/path_ defaults to _/ostree/repo_.
+_/absolute/repo/path_ defaults to `/ostree/repo`.
 
 ### **sif:**_path_