diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/assoc_array.rst b/Documentation/core-api/assoc_array.rst
index dcda7c623cec63777b6a7cb7e772c8e277bd2356..d83cfff9ea43a9d789013a83cf6a1bbb9148f29c 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/assoc_array.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/assoc_array.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ properties:
 
 1. Objects are opaque pointers.  The implementation does not care where they
    point (if anywhere) or what they point to (if anything).
-.. note:: Pointers to objects _must_ be zero in the least significant bit.**
+.. note:: Pointers to objects _must_ be zero in the least significant bit.
 
 2. Objects do not need to contain linkage blocks for use by the array.  This
    permits an object to be located in multiple arrays simultaneously.