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@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ You can pass a variety of flags to IPA on start up to change its behavior.
 If you're using the CoreOS image, you can modify the
 ironic-python-agent.service unit in cloud-config.yaml [5]_.
 
-* --standalone: This disables the initial lookup and heartbeats to Ironic.
+* ``--standalone``: This disables the initial lookup and heartbeats to Ironic.
   Lookup sends some information to Ironic in order to determine Ironic's node
   UUID for the node. Heartbeat sends periodic pings to Ironic to tell Ironic
   the node is still running. These heartbeats also trigger parts of the deploy
   and cleaning cycles. This flag is useful for debugging IPA without an Ironic
   installation.
 
-* --debug: Enables debug logging.
+* ``--debug``: Enables debug logging.
 
 
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