diff --git a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
index 7bafbe4d83b49126fc2cbd1caccf9d660e20db5a..8b3eab04a7938fc5e3102022096c241c97460617 100644
--- a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ are introduced by ``/*`` and terminated by ``*/``.
     */
 
 Note that these comment marks should not be used in native MATLAB code regions
-where the `%` should be preferred instead to introduce a comment. In a
+where the ``%`` should be preferred instead to introduce a comment. In a
 ``verbatim`` block, see :ref:`verbatim`, this would result in a crash since
 ``//`` is not a valid MATLAB statement).