diff --git a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
index 7eb390cd72ab02a8b159cd87080a88ef4bd5aa5b..816ce0874e7ca7336fbba188d2aad8c3a20bd60e 100644
--- a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
@@ -2946,7 +2946,7 @@ 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