diff --git a/Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake b/Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake
index 879192eb3..e194185f2 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@
 # for Python.  You need to set this variable before calling
 # find_package(PythonInterp).
 #
-# If also calling find_package(PythonLibs), call find_package(PythonInterp)
-# first to get the currently active Python version by default with a consistent
-# version of PYTHON_LIBRARIES.
+# If calling both ``find_package(PythonInterp)`` and
+# ``find_package(PythonLibs)``, call ``find_package(PythonInterp)`` first to
+# get the currently active Python version by default with a consistent version
+# of PYTHON_LIBRARIES.
 
 #=============================================================================
 # Copyright 2005-2010 Kitware, Inc.
diff --git a/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake b/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake
index 68e1228ee..ab92f8683 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@
 #   PYTHON_LIBRARY             - path to the python library
 #   PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR         - path to where Python.h is found
 #
-# If also calling find_package(PythonInterp), call find_package(PythonInterp)
-# first to get the currently active Python version by default with a consistent
-# version of PYTHON_LIBRARIES.
+# If calling both ``find_package(PythonInterp)`` and
+# ``find_package(PythonLibs)``, call ``find_package(PythonInterp)`` first to
+# get the currently active Python version by default with a consistent version
+# of PYTHON_LIBRARIES.
 
 #=============================================================================
 # Copyright 2001-2009 Kitware, Inc.