diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 3b9404921da9..b7687808e778 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -4210,13 +4210,16 @@ define_dev_printk_level(_dev_info, KERN_INFO);
  * -EPROBE_DEFER and propagate error upwards.
  * In case of -EPROBE_DEFER it sets also defer probe reason, which can be
  * checked later by reading devices_deferred debugfs attribute.
- * It replaces code sequence:
+ * It replaces code sequence::
+ *
  * 	if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
  * 		dev_err(dev, ...);
  * 	else
  * 		dev_dbg(dev, ...);
  * 	return err;
- * with
+ *
+ * with::
+ *
  * 	return dev_err_probe(dev, err, ...);
  *
  * Returns @err.