Indent by two spaces if you want to quote some code, otherwise the asterisks get turned into italics.

  plot3d ([cos(x)*(3 + y*cos(x/2)), sin(x)*(3 + y*cos(x/2)), y*sin(x/2)], [x, -%pi, %pi], [y, -1, 1], ['grid, 50, 15]);