diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex
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--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ core.setup(**kw)
 \end{verbatim}
 
 The full list of classifiers can be obtained by running 
-\code{python setup.py register --list-classifiers}.
+\verb|python setup.py register --list-classifiers|.
 
 \begin{seealso}