diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
index 286ba4a7a..4fc63040c 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ When a single Dockerfile is given as `URL` or is piped through `STDIN`
 (`docker build - < Dockerfile`), then no context is set.
 
 When a Git repository is set as `URL`, then the repository is used as
-the context. The Git repository is cloned with its submodules (`git
-clone -recursive`). A fresh `git clone` occurs in a temporary directory
+the context. The Git repository is cloned with its submodules
+(`git clone -recursive`). A fresh `git clone` occurs in a temporary directory
 on your local host, and then this is sent to the Docker daemon as the
 context.  This way, your local user credentials and VPN's etc can be
 used to access private repositories.
diff --git a/docs/theme/mkdocs/base.html b/docs/theme/mkdocs/base.html
index 574825bb5..09de2b351 100644
--- a/docs/theme/mkdocs/base.html
+++ b/docs/theme/mkdocs/base.html
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
   {% if canonical_url %}<link rel="canonical" href="{{ canonical_url }}">{% endif %}
   <link href="/css/bootstrap-custom.css" rel="stylesheet">
   <link href="/css/main.css" rel="stylesheet">
-  <link href="/css/docs.css" rel="stylesheet">
   <link href="/css/prettify-1.0.css" rel="stylesheet">
   <link href="/tipuesearch/tipuesearch.css" rel="stylesheet">
+  <link href="/css/docs.css" rel="stylesheet">
   <link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{ site_favicon }}">
   <title>{% if page_title != '**HIDDEN** - '+site_name %}{{ page_title }}{% else %}{{ site_name }}{% endif %}</title>
   <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
diff --git a/docs/theme/mkdocs/css/docs.css b/docs/theme/mkdocs/css/docs.css
index 6a3bdd487..c7c1b9494 100644
--- a/docs/theme/mkdocs/css/docs.css
+++ b/docs/theme/mkdocs/css/docs.css
@@ -335,3 +335,7 @@ table.table tr td img {
 #versionnav ul ul {
     padding: 0;
 }
+
+/* over-ride the prettyPrint colouring */
+
+.str, .atv { color: #48484C; }