diff --git a/doc/building.rst b/doc/building.rst
index 5ee84d1257..ece14bf333 100644
--- a/doc/building.rst
+++ b/doc/building.rst
@@ -193,20 +193,20 @@ You can download the desktop sync client from the ownCloud `Client Download Page
 
 To build the most up to date version of the client:
 
-1. Clone the latest versions of the client from Git_ as follows:
+1. Clone the latest versions of the client from Git_ as follows::
 
-  ``git clone git://github.com/owncloud/client.git``
-  ``git submodule init``
-  ``git submodule update``
+    git clone git://github.com/owncloud/client.git
+    git submodule init
+    git submodule update
 
-2. Create the build directory:
+2. Create the build directory::
 
-  ``mkdir client-build``
-  ``cd client-build``
+    mkdir client-build
+    cd client-build
 
-3. Configure the client build:
+3. Configure the client build::
 
-  ``cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Debug" ../client``
+    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Debug" ..
 
   ..note:: You must use absolute paths for the ``include`` and ``library``
            directories.