diff --git a/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/Diagnostic/Location.cs b/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/Diagnostic/Location.cs
index cfdedfc1b136e90dc69ed262ce9fb209de10a23c..b7231a06cc06d8fabb770b632202f5363c439034 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/Diagnostic/Location.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/Core/Portable/Diagnostic/Location.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public virtual FileLinePositionSpan GetLineSpan()
///
/// Gets the location in terms of path, line and column after applying source line mapping directives
- /// (#line
in C# or #ExternalSource
in VB).
+ /// (`#line` in C# or `#ExternalSource` in VB).
///
///
/// that contains file, line and column information,