diff --git a/sha2/README.md b/sha2/README.md
index 224060ad..518cf1df 100644
--- a/sha2/README.md
+++ b/sha2/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 Pure Rust implementation of the [SHA-2] cryptographic hash algorithms.
 
 There are 6 standard algorithms specified in the SHA-2 standard: 
-[`Sha224`], [`Sha256`], [`Sha512_224`], [`Sha512_256`], [`Sha384`], and [`Sha512`].
+`Sha224`, `Sha256`, `Sha512_224`, `Sha512_256`, `Sha384`, and `Sha512`.
 
 Algorithmically, there are only 2 core algorithms: SHA-256 and SHA-512.
 All other algorithms are just applications of these with different initial
diff --git a/skein/README.md b/skein/README.md
index af62c609..d847c6db 100644
--- a/skein/README.md
+++ b/skein/README.md
@@ -9,14 +9,10 @@
 
 Implementation of the [Skein] family of cryptographic hash algorithms.
 
-There are 3 standard versions of the Skein hash function:
-
-* [`Skein256`]
-* [`Skein512`]
-* [`Skein1024`]
+There are 3 standard versions of the Skein hash function: `Skein256`, `Skein512`, `Skein1024`.
 
 Output size of the Skein hash functions is arbitrary, so it has to be
-fixed using additional type parameter
+fixed using additional type parameter.
 
 ## Examples