diff --git a/docs/I18N.md b/docs/I18N.md
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@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ we should keep EJS templates looking similar, regardless of if they are evaluate
 
 The request object and the response's template context have the following variables:
 
- * lang - User's preferred language
- * lang_dir - rtl or ltr (BIDI language support)
- * locale - OS level locale code
- * gettext, ngettext - Gettext functions
- * format - for string interpolation
+ * `lang` - User's preferred language
+ * `lang_dir` - rtl or ltr (BIDI language support)
+ * `locale` - OS level locale code
+ * `gettext`, `ngettext` - Gettext functions
+ * `format` - for string interpolation
 
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