diff --git a/doc/source/reference/external-mariadb-guide.rst b/doc/source/reference/external-mariadb-guide.rst
index 9fb288a41b..d396479bdc 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/external-mariadb-guide.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/external-mariadb-guide.rst
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ all you need to do is the following steps:
 
    .. end
 
-#. Set the common password for all components within ``/etc/kolla/passwords.yml```.
+#. Set the common password for all components within ``/etc/kolla/passwords.yml``.
    In order to achieve that you could use the following command:
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
       sed -i -r -e 's/([a-z_]{0,}database_password:+)(.*)$/\1 mycommonpass/gi' /etc/kolla/passwords.yml
 
-   .. end
\ No newline at end of file
+   .. end