diff --git a/doc/source/development/contributing_docstring.rst b/doc/source/development/contributing_docstring.rst
index 0b8c1e16dce0e..e174eea00ca60 100644
--- a/doc/source/development/contributing_docstring.rst
+++ b/doc/source/development/contributing_docstring.rst
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ backticks. The following are considered inline code:
 
         With several mistakes in the docstring.
 
-        It has a blank like after the signature ``def func():``.
+        It has a blank line after the signature ``def func():``.
 
         The text 'Some function' should go in the line after the
         opening quotes of the docstring, not in the same line.