diff --git a/Doc/library/bisect.rst b/Doc/library/bisect.rst
index c0923093c1cb06..db24c044d5002d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/bisect.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/bisect.rst
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The following functions are provided:
    To support inserting records in a table, the *key* function (if any) is
    applied to *x* for the search step but not for the insertion step.
 
-   Keep in mind that the ``O(log n)`` search is dominated by the slow O(n)
+   Keep in mind that the ``O(log n)`` search is dominated by the slow ``O(n)``
    insertion step.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.10
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ The following functions are provided:
    To support inserting records in a table, the *key* function (if any) is
    applied to *x* for the search step but not for the insertion step.
 
-   Keep in mind that the ``O(log n)`` search is dominated by the slow O(n)
+   Keep in mind that the ``O(log n)`` search is dominated by the slow ``O(n)``
    insertion step.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.10