diff --git a/doc/project-layout-specification.rst b/doc/project-layout-specification.rst
index a926a6d5..a3de894e 100644
--- a/doc/project-layout-specification.rst
+++ b/doc/project-layout-specification.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Project Layout and Metadata Specification
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-A typical dune project will have a ```dune-project`` and one or more
+A typical dune project will have a ``dune-project`` and one or more
 ``<package>.opam`` file at toplevel as well as ``dune`` files wherever
 interesting things are: libraries, executables, tests, documents to install,
 etc...