diff --git a/docs/html/user_guide.rst b/docs/html/user_guide.rst
index 10e372b19fd10e482792451dbef8bbed108451ac..9cd280e9b7bca683b01b6db4714fb753b410fab4 100644
--- a/docs/html/user_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/html/user_guide.rst
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ When pip finds that an assumption is incorrect, it has to try another approach
 (backtrack), which means discarding some of the work that has already been done,
 and going back to choose another path.
 
-For example; The user requests ``pip install tea``. ```tea`` has dependencies of
+For example; The user requests ``pip install tea``. ``tea`` has dependencies of
 ``cup``, ``hot-water``, ``spoon`` amongst others.
 
 pip starts by installing a version of ``cup``. If it finds out it isn’t