diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-translations.yml b/.github/workflows/test-translations.yml
index 537a8df72..ac3c9c13b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-translations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-translations.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Lint translation file
       if: always()
-      run: sphinx-lint locales/${LANGUAGE}/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
+      run: nox -s sphinx_lint -- locales/${LANGUAGE}/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
       env:
         LANGUAGE: ${{ matrix.language }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 81ea4f054..130b6d723 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         noxenv:
         - build
+        - sphinx_lint
         continue-on-error:
         - false
         include:
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 484a8d39a..573879d2f 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -105,3 +105,14 @@ def checkqa(session):
         "--all-files",
         "--show-diff-on-failure",
     )
+
+
+@nox.session()
+def sphinx_lint(session):
+    """
+    Check for reST format issues in source rst files,
+    accepting another path as positional argument.
+    """
+    session.install("sphinx-lint==1.0.2")
+    target = session.posargs or ["source"]
+    session.run("sphinx-lint", *target)
diff --git a/source/glossary.rst b/source/glossary.rst
index ab32f077b..95d9d28b0 100644
--- a/source/glossary.rst
+++ b/source/glossary.rst
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ Glossary
         <https://github.com/pypa>`_, and discuss issues on the
         `distutils-sig mailing list
         <https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/distutils-sig.python.org/>`_
-	and `the Python Discourse forum <https://discuss.python.org/c/packaging>`__.
+        and `the Python Discourse forum <https://discuss.python.org/c/packaging>`__.
 
 
     Python Package Index (PyPI)
diff --git a/source/guides/creating-command-line-tools.rst b/source/guides/creating-command-line-tools.rst
index cbe8b3bb0..8a08d2138 100644
--- a/source/guides/creating-command-line-tools.rst
+++ b/source/guides/creating-command-line-tools.rst
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ so initialize the command-line interface here:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-	if __name__ == "__main__":
-	    from greetings.cli import app
-	    app()
+    if __name__ == "__main__":
+        from greetings.cli import app
+        app()
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ For the project to be recognised as a command-line tool, additionally a ``consol
 
 .. code-block:: toml
 
-	[project.scripts]
-	greet = "greetings.cli:app"
+    [project.scripts]
+    greet = "greetings.cli:app"
 
 Now, the project's source tree is ready to be transformed into a :term:`distribution package <Distribution Package>`,
 which makes it installable.
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ Let's test it:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-	$ greet
-	Greetings, friend!
-	$ greet --doctor Brennan
-	Greetings, Dr. Brennan!
-	$ greet --title Ms. Parks
-	Greetings, Ms. Parks!
-	$ greet --title Mr.
-	Greetings, Mr. mr!
+    $ greet
+    Greetings, friend!
+    $ greet --doctor Brennan
+    Greetings, Dr. Brennan!
+    $ greet --title Ms. Parks
+    Greetings, Ms. Parks!
+    $ greet --title Mr.
+    Greetings, Mr. mr!
 
 Since this example uses ``typer``, you could now also get an overview of the program's usage by calling it with
 the ``--help`` option, or configure completions via the ``--install-completion`` option.
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ To just run the program without installing it permanently, use ``pipx run``, whi
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-	$ pipx run --spec . greet --doctor
+    $ pipx run --spec . greet --doctor
 
 This syntax is a bit impractical, however; as the name of the entry point we defined above does not match the package name,
 we need to state explicitly which executable script to run (even though there is only one in existence).
diff --git a/source/specifications/glob-patterns.rst b/source/specifications/glob-patterns.rst
index 8ff3f09fb..f80f96c1e 100644
--- a/source/specifications/glob-patterns.rst
+++ b/source/specifications/glob-patterns.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Valid glob patterns
 For PyPA purposes, a *valid glob pattern* MUST be a string matched against
 filesystem entries as specified below:
 
-- Alphanumeric characters, spaces (`` ``), underscores (``_``), hyphens (``-``),
+- Alphanumeric characters, spaces (:literal:`\ `), underscores (``_``), hyphens (``-``),
   and dots (``.``) MUST be matched verbatim.
 
 - Special glob characters: ``*``, ``?``, ``**`` and character ranges: ``[]``