diff --git a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
index 89731373315f49824109fb2e103e86baac81dae2..7d919ac004609d7dbfbbbbc79a1f8159619e05ea 100644
--- a/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/source/the-model-file.rst
@@ -3931,7 +3931,7 @@ speed-up on large models.
        ``rho*r(-1) + (1-rho)*(gpi*Infl+gy*YGap) + e`` is  
        below ``r=-1.94478``. In contrast, specifying the equation as 
 
-            ``rho*r(-1) + (1-rho)*(gpi*Infl+gy*YGap) + e = r;```
+            ``rho*r(-1) + (1-rho)*(gpi*Infl+gy*YGap) + e = r;``
 
        would be wrong.