Various tweaks to documentation and formatting.

docs/source/development/doc_guide.txt

@@ -140,18 +140,20 b' The built docs are stored in a separate repository. Through some github magic,'
 they're automatically exposed as a website. It works like this:
 
 - You will need to have sphinx and latex installed. In Ubuntu, install
-  `python-sphinx`, `texlive-latex-recommended`, `texlive-latex-extra`,
-  `texlive-fonts-recommended`.
+  ``texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended``.
+  Install the latest version of sphinx from PyPI (``pip install sphinx``).
 - Ensure that the development version of IPython is the first in your system
   path. You can either use a virtualenv, or modify your PYTHONPATH.
-- Switch into the docs directory, and run `make gh-pages`. This will build your
-  updated docs as html and pdf, check out the latest version of the docs
-  repository, copy the built docs into it, and commit your changes.
+- Switch into the docs directory, and run ``make gh-pages``. This will build
+  your updated docs as html and pdf, then automatically check out the latest
+  version of the docs repository, copy the built docs into it, and commit your
+  changes.
 - Open the built docs in a web browser, and check that they're as expected.
-- (If rebuilding dev, a duplicate version may have been added to the index.
-  Remove this from index.rst, then run `python build_index.py` to update
-  index.html. Commit the change.)
-- Upload the docs with `git push`. This only works if you have write access to
+- (If rebuilding the docs for the development version, it may have duplicated
+  the link to the development version in the homepage. Remove this from
+  index.rst, then run ``python build_index.py`` to update index.html. Commit the
+  change.)
+- Upload the docs with ``git push``. This only works if you have write access to
   the docs repository.
 
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