Docs: Fix backtick errors found by sphinx-lint (#97998)

Co-authored-by: Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>

11 files changed, 19 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index 731ce6a..34f2656 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -717,13 +717,13 @@ This will produce the output::
 PEP 3101: Advanced String Formatting
 =====================================================
 
-In Python 3.0, the `%` operator is supplemented by a more powerful string
+In Python 3.0, the ``%`` operator is supplemented by a more powerful string
 formatting method, :meth:`format`.  Support for the :meth:`str.format` method
 has been backported to Python 2.6.
 
-In 2.6, both 8-bit and Unicode strings have a `.format()` method that
+In 2.6, both 8-bit and Unicode strings have a ``.format()`` method that
 treats the string as a template and takes the arguments to be formatted.
-The formatting template uses curly brackets (`{`, `}`) as special characters::
+The formatting template uses curly brackets (``{``, ``}``) as special characters::
 
      >>> # Substitute positional argument 0 into the string.
      >>> "User ID: {0}".format("root")
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
index e8f701d..276ab63 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
@@ -2485,8 +2485,8 @@ In the standard library:
 
 * The ElementTree library, :mod:`xml.etree`, no longer escapes
   ampersands and angle brackets when outputting an XML processing
-  instruction (which looks like `<?xml-stylesheet href="#style1"?>`)
-  or comment (which looks like `<!-- comment -->`).
+  instruction (which looks like ``<?xml-stylesheet href="#style1"?>``)
+  or comment (which looks like ``<!-- comment -->``).
   (Patch by Neil Muller; :issue:`2746`.)
 
 * The :meth:`~StringIO.StringIO.readline` method of :class:`~StringIO.StringIO` objects now does
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
index 428a194..8beb8b1 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ and will be incorrect in some rare cases, including some ``_``-s in
 
 New in 3.10 maintenance releases.
 
-Apply syntax highlighting to `.pyi` files. (Contributed by Alex
+Apply syntax highlighting to ``.pyi`` files. (Contributed by Alex
 Waygood and Terry Jan Reedy in :issue:`45447`.)
 
 Include prompts when saving Shell with inputs and outputs.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index 6103da7..56a35f4 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ hashlib
 IDLE and idlelib
 ----------------
 
-* Apply syntax highlighting to `.pyi` files. (Contributed by Alex
+* Apply syntax highlighting to ``.pyi`` files. (Contributed by Alex
   Waygood and Terry Jan Reedy in :issue:`45447`.)
 
 * Include prompts when saving Shell with inputs and outputs.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
index d18c31f..405de11 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ Porting to Python 3.12
   ``tp_weaklistoffset``, respectively.
   The use of ``tp_dictoffset`` and ``tp_weaklistoffset`` is still
   supported, but does not fully support multiple inheritance
-  (:gh: `95589`), and performance may be worse.
+  (:gh:`95589`), and performance may be worse.
   Classes declaring :const:`Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_DICT` should call
   :c:func:`_PyObject_VisitManagedDict` and :c:func:`_PyObject_ClearManagedDict`
   to traverse and clear their instance's dictionaries.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
index 65100b0..6037db9 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
@@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@ names.
   instead of module names for running specific tests (:issue:`10620`).  The new
   test discovery can find tests within packages, locating any test importable
   from the top-level directory.  The top-level directory can be specified with
-  the `-t` option, a pattern for matching files with ``-p``, and a directory to
+  the ``-t`` option, a pattern for matching files with ``-p``, and a directory to
   start discovery with ``-s``:
 
   .. code-block:: shell-session
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ asyncore
 
 :class:`asyncore.dispatcher` now provides a
 :meth:`~asyncore.dispatcher.handle_accepted()` method
-returning a `(sock, addr)` pair which is called when a connection has actually
+returning a ``(sock, addr)`` pair which is called when a connection has actually
 been established with a new remote endpoint. This is supposed to be used as a
 replacement for old :meth:`~asyncore.dispatcher.handle_accept()` and avoids
 the user  to call :meth:`~asyncore.dispatcher.accept()` directly.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
index fef1a8a..96a6325 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -2389,10 +2389,10 @@ Porting Python code
   :attr:`sys.path_importer_cache` where it represents the use of implicit
   finders, but semantically it should not change anything.
 
-* :class:`importlib.abc.Finder` no longer specifies a `find_module()` abstract
+* :class:`importlib.abc.Finder` no longer specifies a ``find_module()`` abstract
   method that must be implemented. If you were relying on subclasses to
   implement that method, make sure to check for the method's existence first.
-  You will probably want to check for `find_loader()` first, though, in the
+  You will probably want to check for ``find_loader()`` first, though, in the
   case of working with :term:`path entry finders <path entry finder>`.
 
 * :mod:`pkgutil` has been converted to use :mod:`importlib` internally. This
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index 2c83c7b..f872579 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -2469,11 +2469,11 @@ Changes in the Python API
   ``opt-`` tag in ``.pyc`` file names. The
   :func:`importlib.util.cache_from_source` has gained an *optimization*
   parameter to help control the ``opt-`` tag. Because of this, the
-  *debug_override* parameter of the function is now deprecated. `.pyo` files
+  *debug_override* parameter of the function is now deprecated. ``.pyo`` files
   are also no longer supported as a file argument to the Python interpreter and
   thus serve no purpose when distributed on their own (i.e. sourceless code
   distribution). Due to the fact that the magic number for bytecode has changed
-  in Python 3.5, all old `.pyo` files from previous versions of Python are
+  in Python 3.5, all old ``.pyo`` files from previous versions of Python are
   invalid regardless of this PEP.
 
 * The :mod:`socket` module now exports the :data:`~socket.CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES`
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index dfb5677..9308d1a 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -960,8 +960,8 @@ contextlib
 
 The :class:`contextlib.AbstractContextManager` class has been added to
 provide an abstract base class for context managers.  It provides a
-sensible default implementation for `__enter__()` which returns
-``self`` and leaves `__exit__()` an abstract method.  A matching
+sensible default implementation for ``__enter__()`` which returns
+``self`` and leaves ``__exit__()`` an abstract method.  A matching
 class has been added to the :mod:`typing` module as
 :class:`typing.ContextManager`.
 (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :issue:`25609`.)
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ are treated as punctuation.
 site
 ----
 
-When specifying paths to add to :attr:`sys.path` in a `.pth` file,
+When specifying paths to add to :attr:`sys.path` in a ``.pth`` file,
 you may now specify file paths on top of directories (e.g. zip files).
 (Contributed by Wolfgang Langner in :issue:`26587`).
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
index f06cf29..df3b636 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
@@ -2497,7 +2497,7 @@ number of other issues). Some known details affected:
 
 * :c:func:`PySys_AddWarnOptionUnicode` is not currently usable by embedding
   applications due to the requirement to create a Unicode object prior to
-  calling `Py_Initialize`. Use :c:func:`PySys_AddWarnOption` instead.
+  calling ``Py_Initialize``. Use :c:func:`PySys_AddWarnOption` instead.
 
 * warnings filters added by an embedding application with
   :c:func:`PySys_AddWarnOption` should now more consistently take precedence
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
index ff01a65..624e71f 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ Reedy in :issue:`40468`.)  Move the indent space setting from the Font tab to
 the new Windows tab.  (Contributed by Mark Roseman and Terry Jan Reedy in
 :issue:`33962`.)
 
-Apply syntax highlighting to `.pyi` files. (Contributed by Alex
+Apply syntax highlighting to ``.pyi`` files. (Contributed by Alex
 Waygood and Terry Jan Reedy in :issue:`45447`.)
 
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