diff --git a/doc/development/documentation/styleguide/index.md b/doc/development/documentation/styleguide/index.md
index e971bde22994547af91d2e1a953c9d4ec65f1903..f149539e4d1f0af769253dfaedf0095100aedeaf 100644
--- a/doc/development/documentation/styleguide/index.md
+++ b/doc/development/documentation/styleguide/index.md
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ For example:
 
 When you add a footnote, do not re-sort the existing tags in the table.
 
-For the footnotes below the table, use **Footnotes:** followed by an ordered list.
+For the footnotes below the table, use `**Footnotes:**` followed by an ordered list.
 
 For example: