diff --git a/doc/source/reference_manual/csmodelmerge.rst b/doc/source/reference_manual/csmodelmerge.rst
index 63398fb..6edb2bd 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference_manual/csmodelmerge.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference_manual/csmodelmerge.rst
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ Synopsis
 This script merges several model XML file into a single model XML file. The
 files are passed via the ``inmodels`` parameter. There are 4 options to specify
 a list of files that should be merged:
-- a space-separated list of file names (e.g. model1.xml model2.xml)
-- a comma-separated list of file names (e.g. model1.xml,model2.xml)
-- a wildcard string (e.g. mymodel*.xml)
-- an ASCII file containing the file names, one file per line (e.g. @mymodels.txt)
+
+* a space-separated list of file names (e.g. model1.xml model2.xml)
+* a comma-separated list of file names (e.g. model1.xml,model2.xml)
+* a wildcard string (e.g. mymodel*.xml)
+* an ASCII file containing the file names, one file per line (e.g. @mymodels.txt)
 
 Note that the "@" needs to be specified in case of an ASCII file name. It is
 also important to note that models with the same name cannot be appended. The
diff --git a/doc/source/reference_manual/cstsmapmerge.rst b/doc/source/reference_manual/cstsmapmerge.rst
index ddf620f..6b2256d 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference_manual/cstsmapmerge.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference_manual/cstsmapmerge.rst
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ map again. Running :doc:`cttsmap` with the hidden parameters ``binmin`` and
 ``binmax`` specified will result in several sliced TS maps. This script merges
 them into one FITS file. The input slices can be passed via the ``inmaps``
 parameter. There are 4 options to specify a list of files that should be merged:
-- a space-separated list of file names (e.g. tsmap1.fits tsmap2.fits)
-- a comma-separated list of file names (e.g. tsmap1.fits,tsmap2.fits)
-- a wildcard string (e.g. tsmap*.xml)
-- an ASCII file containing the file names, one file per line (e.g. @mymaps.txt)
+
+* a space-separated list of file names (e.g. tsmap1.fits tsmap2.fits)
+* a comma-separated list of file names (e.g. tsmap1.fits,tsmap2.fits)
+* a wildcard string (e.g. tsmap*.xml)
+* an ASCII file containing the file names, one file per line (e.g. @mymaps.txt)
 
 Note that the "@" needs to be specified in case of an ASCII file name.