diff --git a/src/adw-about-dialog.c b/src/adw-about-dialog.c
index 235f77f458b2ec736744907450714abc844a0089..185d30d8f9201528e5f2fcc1b8e08227c2c431d3 100644
--- a/src/adw-about-dialog.c
+++ b/src/adw-about-dialog.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "adw-alert-dialog.h"
 #include "adw-navigation-view.h"
 #include "adw-preferences-group.h"
+#include "adw-style-manager.h"
 #include "adw-toast-overlay.h"
 
 /**
@@ -1914,7 +1915,11 @@ adw_about_dialog_class_init (AdwAboutDialogClass *klass)
 static void
 adw_about_dialog_init (AdwAboutDialog *self)
 {
+  GdkDisplay *display = gtk_widget_get_display (GTK_WIDGET (self));
+  AdwStyleManager *manager = adw_style_manager_get_for_display (display);
+  GtkTextTag *code_tag;
   GtkAdjustment *adj;
+
   self->application_icon = g_strdup ("");
   self->application_name = g_strdup ("");
   self->developer_name = g_strdup ("");
@@ -1936,9 +1941,7 @@ adw_about_dialog_init (AdwAboutDialog *self)
   gtk_text_buffer_create_tag (self->release_notes_buffer, "em",
                               "style", PANGO_STYLE_ITALIC,
                               NULL);
-  gtk_text_buffer_create_tag (self->release_notes_buffer, "code",
-                              "family", "monospace",
-                              NULL);
+  code_tag = gtk_text_buffer_create_tag (self->release_notes_buffer, "code", NULL);
   gtk_text_buffer_create_tag (self->release_notes_buffer, "bullet",
                               "font-features", "tnum=1",
                               "left-margin", 24,
@@ -1951,6 +1954,8 @@ adw_about_dialog_init (AdwAboutDialog *self)
                               "weight", PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD,
                               NULL);
 
+  g_object_bind_property (manager, "monospace-font-name", code_tag, "font", G_BINDING_SYNC_CREATE);
+
   adj = gtk_scrolled_window_get_vadjustment (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (self->main_scrolled_window));
 
   g_signal_connect_swapped (adj, "value-changed", G_CALLBACK (update_headerbar_cb), self);
@@ -3567,3 +3572,4 @@ adw_show_about_dialog_from_appdata (GtkWidget  *parent,
 
   adw_dialog_present (dialog, parent);
 }
+
diff --git a/src/adw-about-window.c b/src/adw-about-window.c
index 2c17e12912df948b139e180bcb04fbd4e0fb53cd..7445ce9ed7b9c06b46d3d40a0521c79908ad05db 100644
--- a/src/adw-about-window.c
+++ b/src/adw-about-window.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "adw-message-dialog.h"
 #include "adw-navigation-view.h"
 #include "adw-preferences-group.h"
+#include "adw-style-manager.h"
 #include "adw-toast-overlay.h"
 
 /**
@@ -1926,7 +1927,11 @@ adw_about_window_class_init (AdwAboutWindowClass *klass)
 static void
 adw_about_window_init (AdwAboutWindow *self)
 {
+  GdkDisplay *display = gtk_widget_get_display (GTK_WIDGET (self));
+  AdwStyleManager *manager = adw_style_manager_get_for_display (display);
+  GtkTextTag *code_tag;
   GtkAdjustment *adj;
+
   self->application_icon = g_strdup ("");
   self->application_name = g_strdup ("");
   self->developer_name = g_strdup ("");
@@ -1948,9 +1953,7 @@ adw_about_window_init (AdwAboutWindow *self)
   gtk_text_buffer_create_tag (self->release_notes_buffer, "em",
                               "style", PANGO_STYLE_ITALIC,
                               NULL);
-  gtk_text_buffer_create_tag (self->release_notes_buffer, "code",
-                              "family", "monospace",
-                              NULL);
+  code_tag = gtk_text_buffer_create_tag (self->release_notes_buffer, "code", NULL);
   gtk_text_buffer_create_tag (self->release_notes_buffer, "bullet",
                               "font-features", "tnum=1",
                               "left-margin", 24,
@@ -1963,6 +1966,8 @@ adw_about_window_init (AdwAboutWindow *self)
                               "weight", PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD,
                               NULL);
 
+  g_object_bind_property (manager, "monospace-font-name", code_tag, "font", G_BINDING_SYNC_CREATE);
+
   adj = gtk_scrolled_window_get_vadjustment (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (self->main_scrolled_window));
 
   g_signal_connect_swapped (adj, "value-changed", G_CALLBACK (update_headerbar_cb), self);
diff --git a/src/adw-style-manager.c b/src/adw-style-manager.c
index 6ac46e554259397ab8299fbf64efaa6da2d9b2a9..b01727e590788c5c027820218cc0965666b674b2 100644
--- a/src/adw-style-manager.c
+++ b/src/adw-style-manager.c
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@ adw_style_manager_class_init (AdwStyleManagerClass *klass)
    * The font is in the same format as [property@Gtk.Settings:gtk-font-name],
    * e.g. "Adwaita Sans 11".
    *
+   * Use [func@Pango.FontDescription.to_string] to parse it.
+   *
    * Since: 1.7
    */
   props[PROP_DOCUMENT_FONT_NAME] =
@@ -808,6 +810,8 @@ adw_style_manager_class_init (AdwStyleManagerClass *klass)
    * The font is in the same format as [property@Gtk.Settings:gtk-font-name],
    * e.g. "Adwaita Mono 11".
    *
+   * Use [func@Pango.FontDescription.to_string] to parse it.
+   *
    * Since: 1.7
    */
   props[PROP_MONOSPACE_FONT_NAME] =
@@ -1143,6 +1147,8 @@ adw_style_manager_get_accent_color_rgba (AdwStyleManager *self)
  * The font is in the same format as [property@Gtk.Settings:gtk-font-name],
  * e.g. "Adwaita Sans 11".
  *
+ * Use [func@Pango.FontDescription.to_string] to parse it.
+ *
  * Returns: the system document font
  *
  * Since: 1.7
@@ -1167,6 +1173,8 @@ adw_style_manager_get_document_font_name (AdwStyleManager *self)
  * The font is in the same format as [property@Gtk.Settings:gtk-font-name],
  * e.g. "Adwaita Mono 11".
  *
+ * Use [func@Pango.FontDescription.to_string] to parse it.
+ *
  * Returns: the system monospace font
  *
  * Since: 1.7