diff --git a/DESIGN.md b/DESIGN.md
index 362c81dc..456b5ce4 100644
--- a/DESIGN.md
+++ b/DESIGN.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ user-mode and acts as a transparent encrypted filesystem.
 Usage
 -----
 
- - To see command line options, see the man page for `[encfs](encfs/encfs.pod)`
-   and `[encfsctl](encfs/encfsctl.pod)`, or for
+ - To see command line options, see the man page for [encfs](encfs/encfs.pod)
+   and [encfsctl](encfs/encfsctl.pod), or for
    brief usage message, run the programs without an argument (or `-h`):
 
      encfs -h