diff --git a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
index 76e1f82..84e68ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
@@ -5637,7 +5637,7 @@
 Email address that Gerrit refers to itself as when it creates a
 new Git commit, such as a merge commit during change submission.
 +
-If not set, Gerrit generates this as "gerrit@`hostname`", where
+If not set, Gerrit generates this as "gerrit@``hostname``", where
 `hostname` is the hostname of the system Gerrit is running on.
 +
 By default, not set, generating the value at startup.