diff --git a/docs/content/tools/merge.rst b/docs/content/tools/merge.rst
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@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@ Option                           Description
 **-n**					         Report the number of BED entries that were merged. *1 is reported if no merging occurred*.
 **-d**                           Maximum distance between features allowed for features to be merged. *Default is 0. That is, overlapping and/or book-ended features are merged*.
 **-nms**                         Report the names of the merged features separated by commas.  Change delimiter with ``-delim``
-**-scores**	                     | Report the scores of the merged features. Specify one of 
-                                 | the following options for reporting scores:
-                                 | sum, min, max,
-                                 | mean, median, mode, antimode,
-                                 | collapse (i.e., print a semicolon-separated list)
+
+**-scores**                      | Report the scores of the merged features. 
+                                 | Specify one of the following options for reporting scores:
+                                 | ``sum``, ``min``, ``max``,
+                                 | ``mean``, ``median``, ``mode``, ``antimode``,
+                                 | ``collapse`` (i.e., print a semicolon-separated list)
+
 **-delim**                       | Specify a custom delimiter for the -nms and -scores concat options
                                  | Example: ``-delim "|"``
                                  | ``Default: ","``