diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst
index 8807985a9c35..e8c84fcc0507 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.rst
@@ -1954,6 +1954,7 @@ offline CPUs.  However, as a debugging measure, the FQS loop does splat
 if offline CPUs block an RCU grace period for too long.
 
 An offline CPU's quiescent state will be reported either:
+
 1.  As the CPU goes offline using RCU's hotplug notifier (``rcu_report_dead()``).
 2.  When grace period initialization (``rcu_gp_init()``) detects a
     race either with CPU offlining or with a task unblocking on a leaf