diff -r bf3d10f0c34a -r 870e361e049c hgext/shelve.py
--- a/hgext/shelve.py	Sat Jul 18 14:17:17 2015 -0500
+++ b/hgext/shelve.py	Sat Jul 18 14:17:46 2015 -0500
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
 
     After a successful unshelve, the shelved changes are stored in a
     backup directory. Only the N most recent backups are kept. N
-    defaults to 10 but can be overridden using the shelve.maxbackups
+    defaults to 10 but can be overridden using the ``shelve.maxbackups``
     configuration option.
 
     .. container:: verbose