diff --git a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
index 91c0eea890..065441df64 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ To verify that 'master' is indeed a superset of 'maint', use git log:
 .Verify 'master' is a superset of 'maint'
 [caption="Recipe: "]
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-git log master..maint
+`git log master..maint`
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