diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/time.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/time.rst
index c9baf8a8f597..2175a8c681a3 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/time.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/time.rst
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ Instantiating
 *************
 
 There are several ways that a new Time instance can be created. The first is simply to create a new instance
-like any other class. When you do it this way, you can pass in a string representing the desired time. This can
-be any string that PHP's strtotime function can parse:
+like any other class.
+
+When you do it this way, you can pass in a string representing the desired time. This can
+be any string that PHP's `strtotime()`_ function can parse:
+
+.. _strtotime(): https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php
 
 .. literalinclude:: time/001.php
 
@@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ toDateTimeString()
 ==================
 
 This is the first of three helper methods to work with the `IntlDateFormatter <https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.intldateformatter.php>`_ without having to remember their values.
-This will return a localized version of string formatted as (Y-m-d H:i:s):
+This will return a localized version of string formatted as (``Y-m-d H:i:s``):
 
 .. literalinclude:: time/016.php