diff --git a/R/lefser.R b/R/lefser.R
index 46bce54..9ce4af9 100644
--- a/R/lefser.R
+++ b/R/lefser.R
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ filterKruskal <- function(relab, group, p.value) {
 #'   warning will be emitted (default `TRUE`).
 #' @param \ldots Additional inputs to lower level functions (not used).
 #' @return
-#' The function returns a dataframe with two columns, which are
+#' The function returns a `data.frame` with two columns, which are
 #' names of microorganisms and their LDA scores.
 #'
 #' @importFrom stats kruskal.test reorder rnorm
diff --git a/man/lefser.Rd b/man/lefser.Rd
index 35ab9ad..4015c26 100644
--- a/man/lefser.Rd
+++ b/man/lefser.Rd
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ default "GROUP").}
 
 \item{blockCol}{character(1) Optional column name in \code{colData(relab)}
 indicating the blocks, usually a factor with two levels (e.g.,
-`c("adult", "senior")`; default NULL).}
+\code{c("adult", "senior")}; default NULL).}
 
 \item{assay}{The i-th assay matrix in the \code{SummarizedExperiment} ('relab';
 default 1).}
 
-\item{trim.names}{If `TRUE` extracts the most specific taxonomic rank of organism.}
+\item{trim.names}{If \code{TRUE} extracts the most specific taxonomic rank of organism.}
 
 \item{checkAbundances}{\code{logical(1)} Whether to check if the assay data in the
 \code{relab} input are relative abundances or counts. If counts are found, a
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ with relative abundances in the assay}
 \item{\ldots}{Additional inputs to lower level functions (not used).}
 }
 \value{
-The function returns a dataframe with two columns, which are
+The function returns a \code{data.frame} with two columns, which are
 names of microorganisms and their LDA scores.
 }
 \description{
diff --git a/man/lefserPlot.Rd b/man/lefserPlot.Rd
index 869ee75..395d663 100644
--- a/man/lefserPlot.Rd
+++ b/man/lefserPlot.Rd
@@ -2,25 +2,25 @@
 % Please edit documentation in R/lefserPlot.R
 \name{lefserPlot}
 \alias{lefserPlot}
-\title{Plots results from `lefser` function}
+\title{Plots results from \code{lefser} function}
 \usage{
 lefserPlot(df, colors = c("red", "forestgreen"), trim.names = TRUE)
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{df}{Data frame produced by `lefser`.}
+\item{df}{Data frame produced by \code{lefser}.}
 
 \item{colors}{character(2) The two colors corresponding to class 0 and 1,
-respectively. Defaults to `c("red", "forestgreen")`.}
+respectively. Defaults to \code{c("red", "forestgreen")}.}
 
-\item{trim.names}{If `TRUE` extracts the most specific taxonomic rank of organism.}
+\item{trim.names}{If \code{TRUE} extracts the most specific taxonomic rank of organism.}
 }
 \value{
-Function returns plot of effect size scores produed by `lefser`.
+Function returns plot of effect size scores produed by \code{lefser}.
 Positive scores represent microorganisms with that are more abundant in class '1'.
 Negative scores represent microorganisms with that are more abundant in class '0'.
 }
 \description{
-`lefserPlot` function displays effect sizes for differentially expressed microorganisms
+\code{lefserPlot} function displays effect sizes for differentially expressed microorganisms
 and whether they are more abundant in '0' or '1' sample group.
 }
 \examples{
diff --git a/man/relativeAb.Rd b/man/relativeAb.Rd
index 46058d5..8588aed 100644
--- a/man/relativeAb.Rd
+++ b/man/relativeAb.Rd
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ relativeAb(se, assay = 1L)
 \arguments{
 \item{se}{A SummarizedExperiment object with counts}
 
-\item{assay}{The i-th assay matrix in the `SummarizedExperiment` ('expr';
+\item{assay}{The i-th assay matrix in the \code{SummarizedExperiment} ('relab';
 default 1).}
 }
 \description{