diff --git a/Doc/distutils/uploading.rst b/Doc/distutils/uploading.rst
--- a/Doc/distutils/uploading.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/uploading.rst
@@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ You can specify another PyPI server with
 
 See section :ref:`pypirc` for more on defining several servers.
 
 You can use the :option:`--sign` option to tell :command:`upload` to sign each
 uploaded file using GPG (GNU Privacy Guard).  The  :program:`gpg` program must
 be available for execution on the system :envvar:`PATH`.  You can also specify
 which key to use for signing using the :option:`--identity=*name*` option.
 
-Other :command:`upload` options include :option:`--repository=<url>` or
-:option:`--repository=<section>` where *url* is the url of the server and
+Other :command:`upload` options include :option:`--repository=*url*` or
+:option:`--repository=*section*` where *url* is the url of the server and
 *section* the name of the section in :file:`$HOME/.pypirc`, and
 :option:`--show-response` (which displays the full response text from the PyPI
 server for help in debugging upload problems).
 
 PyPI package display
 ====================
 
 The ``long_description`` field plays a special role at PyPI. It is used by