diff --git a/.github/README.md b/.github/README.md
index 180d4c72bf..f6fada1acd 100644
--- a/.github/README.md
+++ b/.github/README.md
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ Build scripts for GitHub actions are always stored in the [workflows](./workflow
 
 ## Build locally
 
-The [examples](./examples) directory contains scripts to show how to build R locally. Basically these scripts just let you run the same steps as the CI in [build-svn.yaml](./workflows/build-svn.yaml) for a given platform:
+The [examples](./examples) directory contains scripts to show how to build R locally. Basically these scripts just let you run the same steps as the CI in [`build-svn.yaml`](./workflows/build-svn.yaml) for a given platform:
 
- - [build-r-macos.sh](./examples/build-r-macos.sh): do a full prep, build, and check on MacOS.
+ - [`build-r-macos.sh`](./examples/build-r-macos.sh): do a full prep, build, and check on MacOS.
 
 ## Develop locally
 
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ A default clone will have the following two problems:
 - A large amount of untracked unignored files.
 - A change in `Makefile.in` necessitated by having to build from a Git clone.
 
-The [local](./local) directory contains files to help with these issues:
+The [`local`](./local) directory contains files to help with these issues:
 
-- [dot-gitignore](./local/dot-gitignore): A `.gitignore` file ready to copy to the root of the project.
-- [post-checkout](./local/post-checkout): A script to update the `SVNINFO` file after each checkout or commit.
+- [`dot-gitignore`](./local/dot-gitignore): A `.gitignore` file ready to copy to the root of the project.
+- [`post-checkout`](./local/post-checkout): A script to update the `SVNINFO` file after each checkout or commit.
 
-Run the [setup.sh](./local/setup.sh) script for automated setup.
+Run the [`setup.sh`](./local/setup.sh) script for automated setup.