diff --git a/python/rmm/rmm/pylibrmm/device_buffer.pyx b/python/rmm/rmm/pylibrmm/device_buffer.pyx
index e2535269b..e45667533 100644
--- a/python/rmm/rmm/pylibrmm/device_buffer.pyx
+++ b/python/rmm/rmm/pylibrmm/device_buffer.pyx
@@ -173,11 +173,12 @@ cdef class DeviceBuffer:
                      strm.view())
 
     def copy(self):
-        """Returns a copy of DeviceBuffer.
+        """Returns a copy of this :class:`DeviceBuffer`.
 
         Returns
         -------
-        A deep copy of existing ``DeviceBuffer``
+        DeviceBuffer
+            A deep copy of this :class:`DeviceBuffer`
 
         Examples
         --------
@@ -232,8 +233,10 @@ cdef class DeviceBuffer:
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        ary : ``bytes``-like buffer to write into
-        stream : CUDA stream to use for copying, default the default stream
+        ary :
+            :class:`bytes`-like buffer to write into
+        stream : optional
+            CUDA stream to use for copying, defaults to the default stream
 
         Examples
         --------
@@ -270,8 +273,10 @@ cdef class DeviceBuffer:
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        ary : ``bytes``-like buffer to copy from
-        stream : CUDA stream to use for copying, default the default stream
+        ary :
+            :class:`bytes`-like buffer to copy from
+        stream : optional
+            CUDA stream to use for copying, defaults to the default stream
 
         Examples
         --------
@@ -301,8 +306,10 @@ cdef class DeviceBuffer:
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        cuda_ary : object to copy from that has ``__cuda_array_interface__``
-        stream : CUDA stream to use for copying, default the default stream
+        cuda_ary :
+            Object to copy from that has ``__cuda_array_interface__``
+        stream : optional
+            CUDA stream to use for copying, defaults to the default stream
 
         Examples
         --------
diff --git a/python/rmm/rmm/pylibrmm/memory_resource/_memory_resource.pyx b/python/rmm/rmm/pylibrmm/memory_resource/_memory_resource.pyx
index e950c140c..a8d86a77f 100644
--- a/python/rmm/rmm/pylibrmm/memory_resource/_memory_resource.pyx
+++ b/python/rmm/rmm/pylibrmm/memory_resource/_memory_resource.pyx
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ cdef class DeviceMemoryResource:
         ----
         On integrated memory systems, attempting to allocate more memory than
         available can cause the process to be killed by the operating system
-        instead of raising a catchable ``MemoryError``.
+        instead of raising a catchable :class:`MemoryError`.
 
         Raises
         ------
@@ -950,8 +950,8 @@ cdef class TrackingResourceAdaptor(UpstreamResourceAdaptor):
 
     def log_outstanding_allocations(self):
         """
-        Logs the output of `get_outstanding_allocations_str` to the current
-        RMM log file if enabled.
+        Logs the output of :meth:`get_outstanding_allocations_str` to the
+        current RMM log file if enabled.
         """
 
         (<tracking_resource_adaptor[device_memory_resource]*>(
@@ -1215,26 +1215,25 @@ cpdef _flush_logs():
 
 def enable_logging(log_file_name=None):
     """
-    Enable logging of run-time events for all devices.
+    Enable logging of runtime events for all devices.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    log_file_name:  str, optional
+    log_file_name : str, optional
         Name of the log file. If not specified, the environment variable
-        RMM_LOG_FILE is used. A ValueError is thrown if neither is available.
-        A separate log file is produced for each device,
-        and the suffix `".dev{id}"` is automatically added to the log file
-        name.
+        ``RMM_LOG_FILE`` is used. A :class:`ValueError` is thrown if neither is
+        available. A separate log file is produced for each device, and the
+        suffix ``".dev{id}"`` is automatically added to the log file name.
 
     Notes
     -----
-    Note that if you use the environment variable CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES
+    Note that if you use the environment variable ``CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES``
     with logging enabled, the suffix may not be what you expect. For
-    example, if you set CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=1, the log file produced
-    will still have suffix `0`. Similarly, if you set
-    CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=1,0 and use devices 0 and 1, the log file
-    with suffix `0` will correspond to the GPU with device ID `1`.
-    Use `rmm.get_log_filenames()` to get the log file names
+    example, if you set ``CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=1``, the log file produced
+    will still have suffix ``0``. Similarly, if you set
+    ``CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=1,0`` and use devices 0 and 1, the log file
+    with suffix ``0`` will correspond to the GPU with device ID ``1``.
+    Use :func:`rmm.get_log_filenames` to get the log file names
     corresponding to each device.
     """
     global _per_device_mrs
@@ -1253,7 +1252,7 @@ def enable_logging(log_file_name=None):
 def disable_logging():
     """
     Disable logging if it was enabled previously using
-    `rmm.initialize()` or `rmm.enable_logging()`.
+    :func:`rmm.reinitialize()` or :func:`rmm.enable_logging()`.
     """
     global _per_device_mrs
     for i, each_mr in _per_device_mrs.items():
@@ -1263,7 +1262,7 @@ def disable_logging():
 
 def get_log_filenames():
     """
-    Returns the log filename (or `None` if not writing logs)
+    Returns the log filename (or ``None`` if not writing logs)
     for each device in use.
 
     Examples