diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst
index baa6a85c8287..63887b813005 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ probed.
 While the typical use case for sync_state() is to have the kernel cleanly take
 over management of devices from the bootloader, the usage of sync_state() is
 not restricted to that. Use it whenever it makes sense to take an action after
-all the consumers of a device have probed.
+all the consumers of a device have probed::
 
 	int 	(*remove)	(struct device *dev);