diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/hwprobe.rst b/Documentation/riscv/hwprobe.rst
index 19165ebd82ba..933c715065d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/riscv/hwprobe.rst
+++ b/Documentation/riscv/hwprobe.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The following keys are defined:
     privileged ISA, with the following known exceptions (more exceptions may be
     added, but only if it can be demonstrated that the user ABI is not broken):
 
-    * The :fence.i: instruction cannot be directly executed by userspace
+    * The ``fence.i`` instruction cannot be directly executed by userspace
       programs (it may still be executed in userspace via a
       kernel-controlled mechanism such as the vDSO).