diff --git a/docs/topics/auth.txt b/docs/topics/auth.txt
index 14bff48193..5a2608a3a7 100644
--- a/docs/topics/auth.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/auth.txt
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ The only thing this does is create those extra permissions when you run
 value of these permissions when an user is trying to access the functionality
 provided by the application (viewing tasks, changing the status of tasks,
 closing tasks.) Continuing the above example, the following checks if a user may
-view tasks:
+view tasks::
 
     user.has_perm('app.view_task')