diff --git a/doc/src/fix_ave_grid.rst b/doc/src/fix_ave_grid.rst
index 5760bb4508..da0d1f957b 100644
--- a/doc/src/fix_ave_grid.rst
+++ b/doc/src/fix_ave_grid.rst
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ overlays the simulation box.  For 2d simulations, *Nz* must be 1.  The
 very coarse compared to the particle count, or very fine.  If one or
 more of the values = 1, then bins are 2d planes or 1d slices of the
 simulation domain.  Note that if the total number of grid cells is
-small, it may be more efficient to use the doc:`fix ave/chunk
+small, it may be more efficient to use the :doc:`fix ave/chunk
 <fix_ave_chunk>` command which can treat a grid defined by the
 :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` command as a global
 grid where each processor owns a copy of all the grid cells.  If *Nx*
 = *Ny* = *Nz* = 1 is used, the same calculation would be more
-efficiently performed by the doc:`fix ave/atom <fix_ave_atom>`
+efficiently performed by the :doc:`fix ave/atom <fix_ave_atom>`
 command.
 
 If the simulation box size or shape changes during a simulation, the
diff --git a/doc/src/variable.rst b/doc/src/variable.rst
index 67600af62d..a9d21bab9b 100644
--- a/doc/src/variable.rst
+++ b/doc/src/variable.rst
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ timestep that the variable needs the tallies.  An input script can
 also request variables be evaluated before or after or in between
 runs, e.g. by including them in a :doc:`print <print>` command.
 
-LAMMPS keeps track of all of this as it performs a doc:`run <run>` or
+LAMMPS keeps track of all of this as it performs a :doc:`run <run>` or
 :doc:`minimize <minimize>` simulation, as well as in between
 simulations.  An error will be generated if you attempt to evaluate a
 variable when LAMMPS knows it cannot produce accurate values.  For
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ command, then an error will occur.
 
 However, there are two special cases to be aware when a variable
 requires invocation of a compute (directly or indirectly).  The first
-is if the variable is evaluated before the first doc:`run <run>` or
+is if the variable is evaluated before the first :doc:`run <run>` or
 :doc:`minimize <minimize>` command in the input script.  In this case,
 LAMMPS will generate an error.  This is because many computes require
 initializations which have not yet taken place.  One example is the
@@ -1463,10 +1463,10 @@ energy or virial quantities; these values are not tallied until the
 first simulation begins.
 
 The second special case is when a variable that depends on a compute
-is evaluated in between doc:`run <run>` or :doc:`minimize <minimize>`
+is evaluated in between :doc:`run <run>` or :doc:`minimize <minimize>`
 commands.  It is possible for other input script commands issued
 following the previous run, but before the variable is evaluated, to
-change the system.  For example, the doc:`delete_atoms <delete_atoms>`
+change the system.  For example, the :doc:`delete_atoms <delete_atoms>`
 command could be used to remove atoms.  Since the compute will not
 re-initialize itself until the next simulation or it may depend on
 energy/virial computations performed before the system was changed, it