diff --git a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
index 724476dff3a688176c1331811765711f8356e375..190d3d853a6f769bf73c2abccaf9c5e785fe065a 100644
--- a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
@@ -3056,7 +3056,7 @@ Finding the steady state with Dynare nonlinear solver
 
     .. option:: markowitz = DOUBLE
 
-       Value of the Markowitz criterion (:math:(0,\infty)`) used to select the
+       Value of the Markowitz criterion (in the interval :math:`(0,\infty)`) used to select the
        pivot with sparse Gaussian elimination (``solve_algo = 5``). This criterion 
        governs the tradeoff between selecting the pivot resulting in the most 
        accurate solution (low ``markowitz`` values) and the one that preserves