diff --git a/desc/objectives/_coils.py b/desc/objectives/_coils.py
index 326378519..fb37aa2d8 100644
--- a/desc/objectives/_coils.py
+++ b/desc/objectives/_coils.py
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ class SurfaceQuadraticFlux(_Objective):
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    surface :  FourierRZToroidalSurface
+    surface : FourierRZToroidalSurface
         QFM surface upon which the normal field error will be minimized.
     field : MagneticField
         External field produced by coils or other source, which will be optimized to
@@ -1303,8 +1303,8 @@ class SurfaceQuadraticFlux(_Objective):
     eval_grid : Grid, optional
         Collocation grid containing the nodes on the surface at which the
         magnetic field is being calculated and where to evaluate Bn errors.
-        Default grid is: ``LinearGrid(rho=np.array([1.0]), M=surface.M_grid,
-         N=surface.N_grid, NFP=surface.NFP, sym=False)``
+        Default grid is: LinearGrid(rho=np.array([1.0]), M=surface.M_grid,
+        N=surface.N_grid, NFP=surface.NFP, sym=False)
     field_grid : Grid, optional
         Grid used to discretize field (e.g. grid for the magnetic field source from
         coils). Default grid is determined by the specific MagneticField object, see