diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.0.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.0.rst
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@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Deprecated
 
 While all items listed here will show a deprecation warning message, they still work as they did in 1.9.x. Please note that they will be removed in 2.2 (Ansible always waits two major releases to remove a deprecated feature).
 
-* Bare variables in ``with_`` loops should instead use the ``"{ {var }}"`` syntax, which helps eliminate ambiguity.
+* Bare variables in ``with_`` loops should instead use the ``"{{ var }}"`` syntax, which helps eliminate ambiguity.
 * The ansible-galaxy text format requirements file. Users should use the YAML format for requirements instead.
 * Undefined variables within a ``with_`` loop's list currently do not interrupt the loop, but they do issue a warning; in the future, they will issue an error.
 * Using dictionary variables to set all task parameters is unsafe and will be removed in a future version. For example::