--- doc/texi2pod.pl.orig        2013-06-17 13:22:08.472518353 -0400
+++ doc/texi2pod.pl     2013-06-17 13:22:13.103422330 -0400
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
        if (defined $1) {
             my $thing = $1;
             if ($ic =~ /\@asis/) {
-                $_ = "\n=item $thing\n";
+                $_ = "\n=item C<$thing>\n";
             } else {
                 # Entity escapes prevent munging by the <> processing below.
                 $_ = "\n=item $ic\&LT;$thing\&GT;\n";