diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d70497924..a3ba288f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ enum Value {
 
 A string of JSON data can be parsed into a `serde_json::Value` by the
 [`serde_json::from_str`][from_str] function. There is also
-[`from_slice`][from_slice] for parsing from a byte slice &[u8] and
+[`from_slice`][from_slice] for parsing from a byte slice &\[u8\] and
 [`from_reader`][from_reader] for parsing from any `io::Read` like a File or a
 TCP stream.
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d2e5e0b62..109de45c3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
 //!
 //! A string of JSON data can be parsed into a `serde_json::Value` by the
 //! [`serde_json::from_str`][from_str] function. There is also [`from_slice`]
-//! for parsing from a byte slice &[u8] and [`from_reader`] for parsing from any
-//! `io::Read` like a File or a TCP stream.
+//! for parsing from a byte slice &\[u8\] and [`from_reader`] for parsing from
+//! any `io::Read` like a File or a TCP stream.
 //!
 //! ```
 //! use serde_json::{Result, Value};