diff --git a/src/table_collection.rs b/src/table_collection.rs
index d89ea980..2c713217 100644
--- a/src/table_collection.rs
+++ b/src/table_collection.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ use ll_bindings::tsk_size_t;
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```
-///
 /// let mut tables = tskit::TableCollection::new(100.).unwrap();
 /// assert_eq!(tables.sequence_length(), 100.);
 ///
@@ -235,7 +234,6 @@ impl TableCollection {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// # let mut tables = tskit::TableCollection::new(100.).unwrap();
-    ///
     /// // left, right, parent, child
     /// match tables.add_edge(0., 53., 1, 11) {
     ///     // This is the first edge, so its id will be
@@ -379,7 +377,6 @@ impl TableCollection {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// # #[cfg(feature = "derive")] {
-    ///
     /// # let mut tables = tskit::TableCollection::new(100.).unwrap();
     /// # #[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, tskit::metadata::IndividualMetadata)]
     /// # #[serializer("serde_json")]
@@ -764,7 +761,7 @@ impl TableCollection {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Sort the tables.  
+    /// Sort the tables.
     /// The [``bookmark``](crate::types::Bookmark) can
     /// be used to affect where sorting starts from for each table.
     ///
diff --git a/src/trees/tree.rs b/src/trees/tree.rs
index fa6cd135..cbb463f0 100644
--- a/src/trees/tree.rs
+++ b/src/trees/tree.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl<'treeseq> Tree<'treeseq> {
 
     /// # Failing examples
     ///
-    /// An error will be returned if ['TreeFlags::SAMPLE_LISTS`](crate::TreeFlags::SAMPLE_LISTS) is not used:
+    /// An error will be returned if [`TreeFlags::SAMPLE_LISTS`] is not used:
     ///
     /// ```should_panic
     /// use tskit::StreamingIterator;
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ impl<'treeseq> Tree<'treeseq> {
 
     /// # Failing examples
     ///
-    /// An error will be returned if ['TreeFlags::SAMPLE_LISTS`](crate::TreeFlags::SAMPLE_LISTS) is not used:
+    /// An error will be returned if [`TreeFlags::SAMPLE_LISTS`] is not used:
     ///
     /// ```should_panic
     /// use tskit::StreamingIterator;
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ impl<'treeseq> Tree<'treeseq> {
 
     /// # Failing examples
     ///
-    /// An error will be returned if ['TreeFlags::SAMPLE_LISTS`](crate::TreeFlags::SAMPLE_LISTS) is not used:
+    /// An error will be returned if [`TreeFlags::SAMPLE_LISTS`] is not used:
     ///
     /// ```should_panic
     /// use tskit::StreamingIterator;
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ impl<'treeseq> Tree<'treeseq> {
 
     /// # Failing examples
     ///
-    /// An error will be returned if ['TreeFlags::SAMPLE_LISTS`](crate::TreeFlags::SAMPLE_LISTS) is not used:
+    /// An error will be returned if [`TreeFlags::SAMPLE_LISTS`] is not used:
     ///
     /// ```should_panic
     /// use tskit::StreamingIterator;