diff --git a/docs/en/language-snippets.ent b/docs/en/language-snippets.ent
index cf9a95d7..e6361176 100644
--- a/docs/en/language-snippets.ent
+++ b/docs/en/language-snippets.ent
@@ -13,18 +13,16 @@
 
 <!ENTITY parameter.compileid '<para>
  As an optional third parameter, you can pass a
-<link linkend="variable.compile.id">$compile_id</link>.
+ <parameter>$compile_id</parameter>.
  This is in the event that you want to compile different versions of
  the same template, such as having separate templates compiled
  for different languages. Another use for
- <link linkend="variable.compile.id">$compile_id</link> is when you
- use more than one
+ <parameter>$compile_id</parameter> is when you use more than one
  <link linkend="variable.template.dir">$template_dir</link>
- but only one
- <link linkend="variable.compile.dir">$compile_dir</link>.
+ but only one <link linkend="variable.compile.dir">$compile_dir</link>.
  Set a separate <parameter>$compile_id</parameter> for each
  <link linkend="variable.template.dir">$template_dir</link>, otherwise
  templates of the same name will overwrite each other. You can
- also set the $compile_id variable once
- instead of passing this to each call to this function.
+ also set the <link linkend="variable.compile.id">$compile_id</link>
+ variable once instead of passing this to each call to this function.
 </para>'>