diff --git a/doc_src/cmds/ulimit.rst b/doc_src/cmds/ulimit.rst
index d93ebffc9..f34f644a8 100644
--- a/doc_src/cmds/ulimit.rst
+++ b/doc_src/cmds/ulimit.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ulimit - set or get resource usage limits
 Synopsis
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-```ulimit`` [**options**] [*limit*]
+``ulimit`` [**options**] [*limit*]
 
 
 Description