diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
index ff10dc6eef5d91a8698f6caae7db96a38df940e3..dcf634e411bd903967e63b71f50fba1aef525776 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ expected time it takes to run a test. If you have control over the systems
 which will run the tests you can configure a test runner on those systems to
 use a greater or lower timeout on the command line as with the `-o` or
 the `--override-timeout` argument. For example to use 165 seconds instead
-one would use:
+one would use::
 
    $ ./run_kselftest.sh --override-timeout 165