diff --git a/theme/src/client/styles/code.css b/theme/src/client/styles/code.css
index 81f13d65..19599e27 100644
--- a/theme/src/client/styles/code.css
+++ b/theme/src/client/styles/code.css
@@ -182,13 +182,29 @@ html:not([data-theme="dark"]) .vp-code span {
 }
 
 .vp-doc div[class*="language-"] code .highlighted-word {
-  padding: 1px 3px;
-  margin: -1px -3px;
+  padding: 1px 2px;
+  margin: -1px -2px;
   background-color: var(--vp-c-gray-soft);
   border: 1px solid var(--vp-c-border);
   border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
+.vp-doc div[class*="language-"] code .highlighted-word:has(+ .highlighted-word) {
+  padding-right: 0;
+  margin-right: 0;
+  border-right: 0;
+  border-top-right-radius: 0;
+  border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
+}
+
+.vp-doc div[class*="language-"] code .highlighted-word + .highlighted-word {
+  padding-left: 0;
+  margin-left: 0;
+  border-left: 0;
+  border-top-left-radius: 0;
+  border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
+}
+
 .vp-doc div[class*="language-"] code .tab,
 .vp-doc div[class*="language-"] code .space {
   position: relative;