diff --git a/frigate/util/ffmpeg.py b/frigate/util/ffmpeg.py
index b5c51d779..9f4c5569a 100644
--- a/frigate/util/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/frigate/util/ffmpeg.py
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def inject_progress_flags(cmd: list[str]) -> list[str]:
-    """Insert ``-progress pipe:2 -nostats`` immediately before the output path.
+    """Insert `-progress pipe:2 -nostats` immediately before the output path.
 
-    ``-progress pipe:2`` writes structured key=value lines to stderr;
-    ``-nostats`` suppresses the noisy default stats output. The output path
+    `-progress pipe:2` writes structured key=value lines to stderr;
+    `-nostats` suppresses the noisy default stats output. The output path
     is conventionally the last token in an FFmpeg argv.
     """
     if not cmd:
@@ -73,24 +73,24 @@ def run_ffmpeg_with_progress(
     process_started: Optional[Callable[[sp.Popen], None]] = None,
     use_low_priority: bool = True,
 ) -> tuple[int, str]:
-    """Run an ffmpeg command, streaming progress via ``-progress pipe:2``.
+    """Run an ffmpeg command, streaming progress via `-progress pipe:2`.
 
     Args:
         cmd: ffmpeg argv. Output path must be the last token.
         expected_duration_seconds: Duration of the expected output clip in
-            seconds. Used to convert ffmpeg's ``out_time_us`` into a percent.
+            seconds. Used to convert ffmpeg's `out_time_us` into a percent.
         on_progress: Optional callback invoked with a percent in [0, 100].
-            Called once with 0.0 at start, again on each ``out_time_us=``
-            stderr line, and once with 100.0 on ``progress=end``.
+            Called once with 0.0 at start, again on each `out_time_us=`
+            stderr line, and once with 100.0 on `progress=end`.
         stdin_payload: Optional string written to ffmpeg stdin (used by
             export for concat playlists).
-        process_started: Optional callback invoked with the live ``Popen``
+        process_started: Optional callback invoked with the live `Popen`
             once spawned — lets callers store the ref for cancellation.
-        use_low_priority: When True, prepend ``nice -n PROCESS_PRIORITY_LOW``
+        use_low_priority: When True, prepend `nice -n PROCESS_PRIORITY_LOW`
             so concat doesn't starve detection.
 
     Returns:
-        Tuple of ``(returncode, captured_stderr)``. Stdout is left attached
+        Tuple of `(returncode, captured_stderr)`. Stdout is left attached
         to the parent process to avoid buffer-full deadlocks.
     """
     full_cmd = inject_progress_flags(cmd)