diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ before timing out.  *Default: 10*
 :abc:``username``<br/>
 This property sets the default authentication username used when obtaining *Connections* from
 the underlying driver.  Note that for DataSources this works in a very deterministic fashion by
-calling ``DataSource.getConnection(*username*, password) on the underlying DataSource.  However,
+calling ``DataSource.getConnection(*username*, password)`` on the underlying DataSource.  However,
 for Driver-based configurations, every driver is different.  In the case of Driver-based, HikariCP
 will use this ``username`` property to set a ``user`` property in the ``Properties`` passed to the
 driver's ``DriverManager.getConnection(jdbcUrl, props)`` call.  If this is not what you need,
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ skip this method entirely and call ``addDataSourceProperty("username", ...)``, f
 :abc:``password``<br/>
 This property sets the default authentication password used when obtaining *Connections* from
 the underlying driver. Note that for DataSources this works in a very deterministic fashion by
-calling ``DataSource.getConnection(username, *password*) on the underlying DataSource.  However,
+calling ``DataSource.getConnection(username, *password*)`` on the underlying DataSource.  However,
 for Driver-based configurations, every driver is different.  In the case of Driver-based, HikariCP
 will use this ``password`` property to set a ``password`` property in the ``Properties`` passed to the
 driver's ``DriverManager.getConnection(jdbcUrl, props)`` call.  If this is not what you need,