diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ On Unix, Linux, BSD, macOS, and Cygwin::
     make test
     sudo make install
 
-This will install Python as python3.
+This will install Python as ``python3``.
 
 You can pass many options to the configure script; run ``./configure --help``
 to find out more.  On macOS and Cygwin, the executable is called ``python.exe``;