diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst
index b132a9c2e..411e043b7 100644
--- a/docs/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/faq.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Scrapy is supported under Python 2.7 only.
 Python 2.6 support was dropped starting at Scrapy 0.20.
 
 Does Scrapy work with Python 3?
----------------------------------
+-------------------------------
 
 No, but there are plans to support Python 3.3+.
 At the moment, Scrapy works with Python 2.7.
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ focus on the real problems we need to solve.
 We'd be proud if Scrapy serves as an inspiration for other projects. Feel free
 to steal from us!
 
-.. _Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/
-
 Does Scrapy work with HTTP proxies?
 -----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/email.rst b/docs/topics/email.rst
index 2b5812c8d..62ebc4c08 100644
--- a/docs/topics/email.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/email.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Password to use for SMTP authentication, along with :setting:`MAIL_USER`.
 .. setting:: MAIL_TLS
 
 MAIL_TLS
----------
+--------
 
 Default: ``False``
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Enforce using STARTTLS. STARTTLS is a way to take an existing insecure connectio
 .. setting:: MAIL_SSL
 
 MAIL_SSL
----------
+--------
 
 Default: ``False``
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst b/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst
index bf5d08d54..a34f4c053 100644
--- a/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/media-pipeline.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ the same media to that queue. This avoids downloading the same media more than
 once when it's shared by several items.
 
 Using the Files Pipeline
-=========================
+========================
 
 The typical workflow, when using the :class:`FilesPipeline` goes like
 this:
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ behaviour, see :ref:`topics-media-pipeline-override`.
 .. _topics-media-pipeline-enabling:
 
 Enabling your Media Pipeline
-=============================
+============================
 
 .. setting:: IMAGES_STORE
 .. setting:: FILES_STORE
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Additional features
 ===================
 
 File expiration
-----------------
+---------------
 
 .. setting:: IMAGES_EXPIRES
 .. setting:: FILES_EXPIRES
diff --git a/docs/topics/request-response.rst b/docs/topics/request-response.rst
index 10affc21f..7b48c4d1c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/request-response.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/request-response.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Request objects
 
             request_with_cookies = Request(url="http://www.example.com",
                                            cookies={'currency': 'USD', 'country': 'UY'})
+
         2. Using a list of dicts::
 
             request_with_cookies = Request(url="http://www.example.com",
diff --git a/docs/topics/settings.rst b/docs/topics/settings.rst
index e42dc6370..0716f1bd4 100644
--- a/docs/topics/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/settings.rst
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Whether to enable DNS in-memory cache.
 .. setting:: DNSCACHE_SIZE
 
 DNSCACHE_SIZE
-----------------
+-------------
 
 Default: ``10000``
 
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ DNS in-memory cache size.
 .. setting:: DNS_TIMEOUT
 
 DNS_TIMEOUT
-----------------
+-----------
 
 Default: ``60``
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/signals.rst b/docs/topics/signals.rst
index 410717f7d..6434c98c5 100644
--- a/docs/topics/signals.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/signals.rst
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ request_scheduled
     :type spider: :class:`~scrapy.spiders.Spider` object
 
 request_dropped
------------------
+---------------
 
 .. signal:: request_dropped
 .. function:: request_dropped(request, spider)