diff --git a/Build/mdwn2man b/Build/mdwn2man
index ba5919b385..7f819adf73 100755
--- a/Build/mdwn2man
+++ b/Build/mdwn2man
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ print ".TH $prog $section\n";
 
 while (<>) {
 	s{(\\?)\[\[([^\s\|\]]+)(\|[^\s\]]+)?\]\]}{$1 ? "[[$2]]" : $2}eg;
+	s/\`([^\`]*)\`/\\fB$1\\fP/g;
 	s/\`//g;
 	s/^\s*\./\\&./g;
 	if (/^#\s/) {
diff --git a/doc/todo/mdwn2man:_make_backticks_bold.mdwn b/doc/todo/mdwn2man:_make_backticks_bold.mdwn
index 87c228ab88..21707a309d 100644
--- a/doc/todo/mdwn2man:_make_backticks_bold.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/mdwn2man:_make_backticks_bold.mdwn
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ index ba5919b..7f819ad 100755
 """]]
 
 I tested it against the git-annex manpage and it seems to work well. --[[anarcat]]
+
+> [[done]], thanks --[[Joey]]