diff --git a/common/common.scss b/common/common.scss
index e54a45a..f72c850 100644
--- a/common/common.scss
+++ b/common/common.scss
@@ -27,4 +27,12 @@
 	line-height: 1;
 	border-radius: 2px;
 	transform: translateY(-3px);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// improve rendering of "inline code" markup
+p > code, li > code, pre {
+	margin: 0px 2px 0px 2px;
+	padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;
+	background: var(--primary-very-low);
+	border-radius: 5px;
+}