diff --git a/src/hb-ot-color.cc b/src/hb-ot-color.cc
index f6844a29c66b976b6580c72446855b4619546a57..254e60b912e6ebf5bc2d0638f919b35ebd8e64d9 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-color.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ot-color.cc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
  * hb_ot_color_has_palettes:
  * @face: #hb_face_t to work upon
  *
- * Tests whether a face includes a CPAL color-palette table.
+ * Tests whether a face includes a `CPAL` color-palette table.
  *
  * Return value: true if data found, false otherwise
  *