diff --git a/docs/config.rst b/docs/config.rst
index ef8754e2..ed8a9c1c 100644
--- a/docs/config.rst
+++ b/docs/config.rst
@@ -6,42 +6,73 @@ This plugin provides a clean minimal set of command line options that are added
 further control of coverage use a `coverage config file`_.
 
 CLI options:
-  --cov [SOURCE]        Path or package name to measure during execution (multi-allowed). Use --cov= to not do any source filtering and record everything.
-  --cov-reset           Reset cov sources accumulated in options so far.
-  --cov-report TYPE     Type of report to generate: term, term-missing, annotate, html, xml, json, markdown, markdown-append, lcov (multi-allowed). term, term-missing may be followed by ":skip-covered".
-                        annotate, html, xml, json, markdown, markdown-append and lcov may be followed by ":DEST" where DEST specifies the output location. Use --cov-report= to not generate any output.
-  --cov-config PATH     Config file for coverage. Default: .coveragerc
-  --no-cov-on-fail      Do not report coverage if test run fails. Default: False
-  --no-cov              Disable coverage report completely (useful for debuggers). Default: False
-  --cov-fail-under MIN  Fail if the total coverage is less than MIN.
-  --cov-append          Do not delete coverage but append to current. Default: False
-  --cov-branch          Enable branch coverage. Can also be specified in the `coverage config file`_ ``[run]`` section.
-  --cov-precision COV_PRECISION
-                        Override the reporting precision. Can also be specified in the `coverage config file`_ ``[report]`` section.
-  --cov-context CONTEXT
-                        Dynamic contexts to use. "test" for now.
+
+.. option:: --cov [SOURCE]
+
+    Path or package name to measure during execution (multi-allowed). Use ``--cov=`` to not do any source filtering and record everything.
+
+.. option:: --cov-reset
+
+    Reset cov sources accumulated in options so far.
+
+.. option:: --cov-report TYPE
+
+    Type of report to generate: term, term-missing, annotate, html, xml, json, markdown, markdown-append, lcov (multi-allowed). term, term-missing may be followed by ":skip-covered".
+    annotate, html, xml, json, markdown, markdown-append and lcov may be followed by ":DEST" where DEST specifies the output location. Use ``--cov-report=`` to not generate any output.
+
+.. option:: --cov-config PATH
+
+    Config file for coverage. Default: :file:`.coveragerc`
+
+.. option:: --no-cov-on-fail
+
+    Do not report coverage if test run fails. Default: False
+
+.. option:: --no-cov
+
+    Disable coverage report completely (useful for debuggers). Default: False
+
+.. option:: --cov-fail-under MIN
+
+    Fail if the total coverage is less than MIN.
+
+.. option:: --cov-append
+
+    Do not delete coverage but append to current. Default: False
+
+.. option:: --cov-branch
+
+    Enable branch coverage. Can also be specified in the `coverage config file`_ ``[run]`` section.
+
+.. option:: --cov-precision COV_PRECISION
+
+    Override the reporting precision. Can also be specified in the `coverage config file`_ ``[report]`` section.
+
+.. option:: --cov-context CONTEXT
+
+    Dynamic contexts to use. "test" for now.
 
 
 .. note:: Important Note
 
     This plugin overrides the ``parallel`` option of coverage. Unless you also run coverage without pytest-cov it's
-    pointless to set those options in your ``.coveragerc``.
+    pointless to set those options in your :file:`.coveragerc`.
 
     If you use the ``--cov=something`` option (with a value) then coverage's ``source`` option will also get overridden.
-    If you have multiple sources it might be easier to set those in ``.coveragerc`` and always use ``--cov`` (without a value)
+    If you have multiple sources it might be easier to set those in :file:`.coveragerc` and always use ``--cov`` (without a value)
     instead of having a long command line with ``--cov=pkg1 --cov=pkg2 --cov=pkg3 ...``.
 
     If you use the ``--cov-branch`` option then coverage's ``branch`` option will also get overridden.
 
 If you wish to always run pytest-cov with pytest, you can use ``addopts`` under the ``pytest`` or ``tool:pytest`` section of
-your ``setup.cfg``, or the ``tool.pytest.ini_options`` section of your ``pyproject.toml`` file.
+your :file:`setup.cfg`, or the ``tool.pytest.ini_options`` section of your :file:`pyproject.toml` file.
 
-For example, in ``setup.cfg``: ::
+For example, in :file:`setup.cfg`: ::
 
     [tool:pytest]
     addopts = --cov=<project-name> --cov-report html
 
-Or for ``pyproject.toml``: ::
+Or for :file:`pyproject.toml`: ::
 
     [tool.pytest.ini_options]
     addopts = "--cov=<project-name> --cov-report html"
@@ -55,14 +86,14 @@ Or for ``pyproject.toml``: ::
 Caveats
 =======
 
-An unfortunate consequence of coverage.py's history is that ``.coveragerc`` is a magic name: it's the default file but it also
-means "try to also lookup coverage configuration in ``tox.ini`` or ``setup.cfg``".
+An unfortunate consequence of coverage.py's history is that :file:`.coveragerc` is a magic name: it's the default file but it also
+means "try to also lookup coverage configuration in :file:`tox.ini` or :file:`setup.cfg`".
 
-In practical terms this means that if you have multiple configuration files around (``tox.ini``, ``pyproject.toml`` or ``setup.cfg``) you
+In practical terms this means that if you have multiple configuration files around (:file:`tox.ini`, :file:`pyproject.toml` or :file:`setup.cfg`) you
 might need to use ``--cov-config`` to make coverage use the correct configuration file.
 
 Also, if you change the working directory and also use subprocesses in a test you might also need to use ``--cov-config`` to make pytest-cov
 use the expected configuration file in the subprocess.
 
 .. _`coverage config file`: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html
-.. _addopts: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/reference/reference.html#confval-addopts>
+.. _addopts: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/reference/reference.html#confval-addopts