diff --git a/docs/performances.rst b/docs/performances.rst
index f920f16..d2bbc45 100644
--- a/docs/performances.rst
+++ b/docs/performances.rst
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 Performances
 ------------
 
-* 
-  ``requake scan_catalog`` took 53 minutes on my 2.7 GHz i7 MacBook Pro to
+* ``requake scan_catalog`` took 53 minutes on my 2.7 GHz i7 MacBook Pro to
   process 14,100,705 earthquake pairs.
   Dowloaded traces are cached in memory to speed up execution. Processing is not
   yet parallel: some improvements might come in future versions, when
   parallelization will be implemented.
 
-* 
-  ``requake build_families`` is fast™.
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+* ``requake build_families`` is fast™.
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diff --git a/docs/running.rst b/docs/running.rst
index da551db..6284ada 100644
--- a/docs/running.rst
+++ b/docs/running.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Currently supported verbs are:
    read_catalog        read an event catalog from web services or from a file
    print_catalog       print the event catalog to screen
    scan_catalog        scan an existing catalog for earthquake pairs
-   print_pairs         print pairs to screen 
+   print_pairs         print pairs to screen
    plot_pair           plot traces for a given event pair
    build_families      build families of repeating earthquakes from a catalog
                        of pairs
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ Currently supported verbs are:
                        templates
 
 
-Certain running modes (e.g., ``plot_pair``\ ) require further arguments (use, e.g.,
-``requake plot_pair -h`` to get help).
+Certain running modes (e.g., ``plot_pair``\ ) require further arguments
+(use, e.g., ``requake plot_pair -h`` to get help).
 
 Requake supports command line tab completion for arguments, thanks to
 `argcomplete <https://kislyuk.github.io/argcomplete/>`_.
-To enable command line tab completion, add the following line to your ``.bashrc``
-or ``.zshrc``\ :
+To enable command line tab completion, add the following line to your
+``.bashrc`` or ``.zshrc``:
 
 .. code-block::
 
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ Now, build the catalog of event pairs with:
    requake scan_catalog
 
 
-Once done (\ `it will take time! <performances.html#performances>`_\ ), you are ready to build
-repeating earthquake families:
+Once done (\ `it will take time! <performances.html#performances>`_\ ),
+you are ready to build repeating earthquake families:
 
 .. code-block::
 
diff --git a/docs/slip_models.rst b/docs/slip_models.rst
index 3bd61be..21f3f5b 100644
--- a/docs/slip_models.rst
+++ b/docs/slip_models.rst
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ Their model for fault slip :math:`d` (in :math:`\cm`) is the following:
        \right]
 
 where :math:`\Delta\sigma` is the static stress drop (in :math:`\MPa`),
-:math:`\mu` is the rigidity (in :math:`\MPa`), :math:`M_0` is the seismic moment
-(in :math:`\Nm`), and :math:`C` is the strain hardening coefficient
+:math:`\mu` is the rigidity (in :math:`\MPa`), :math:`M_0` is the seismic
+moment (in :math:`\Nm`), and :math:`C` is the strain hardening coefficient
 (in :math:`\MPacm`).
 
 This formula is selected by setting the ``mag_to_slip_model`` parameter to