diff --git a/docsite/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst b/docsite/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst
index 424db0ad46..d3eb843523 100644
--- a/docsite/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst
+++ b/docsite/rst/YAMLSyntax.rst
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ That's all you really need to know about YAML to start writing
 Gotchas
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-While YAML is generally friendly, the following is going to result in a YAML syntax error:
+While YAML is generally friendly, the following is going to result in a YAML syntax error::
 
     foo: somebody said I should put a colon here: so I did
 
-You will want to quote any hash values using colons, like so:
+You will want to quote any hash values using colons, like so::
 
     foo: "somebody said I should put a colon here: so I did"