diff --git a/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst b/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
index 927368d7a10..188fac874e2 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ the same library that the Python runtime is using.
    prepared exactly as those which are passed to a C program's :cfunc:`main`
    function.  It is important to note that the argument list may be modified (but
    the contents of the strings pointed to by the argument list are not). The return
-   value will be ```0``` if the interpreter exits normally (ie, without an
+   value will be ``0`` if the interpreter exits normally (ie, without an
    exception), ``1`` if the interpreter exits due to an exception, or ``2``
    if the parameter list does not represent a valid Python command line.