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   level. Defaults to ``'*+-'``.
 
 strong_em_symbol
-  In markdown, both `*` and `_` are used to encode **strong** or *emphasized* texts. The preferred symbol can be passed through this argument, which defaults to `*`.
+  In markdown, both ``*`` and ``_`` are used to encode **strong** or *emphasized* texts. The preferred symbol can be passed through this argument, that defaults to ``*``.
 
 newline
-  Defines the style of marking linebreaks (`<br>`) in markdown. The default value `'spaces'` of this option means the regular '  \n' will be used (i.e. two spaces and a newline), while `'backslash'` will convert a linebreak to `''\\\n'` (a backslash an a newline). While the latter convention is non-standard, it is commonly preferred and supported by a lot of converters.
+  Defines the style of marking linebreaks (``<br>``) in markdown. The default value ``'spaces'`` of this option means the regular ``  \n`` will be used (i.e. two spaces and a newline), while ``'backslash'`` will convert a linebreak to ``\\n`` (a backslash an a newline). While the latter convention is non-standard, it is commonly preferred and supported by a lot of interpreters.
 
 Options may be specified as kwargs to the ``markdownify`` function, or as a
 nested ``Options`` class in ``MarkdownConverter`` subclasses.