diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
index 3676e9770f..d951d013ce 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 For example,
 ::
 
-    Invoking engine.execute("select * from auth_users") will lead to sql query "select * from auth_users" but when SQLCommenter and attribute_commenter is enabled
+    Invoking `engine.execute("select * from auth_users")` will lead to sql query "select * from auth_users" but when SQLCommenter and `attribute_commenter` is enabled
     the query will get appended with some configurable tags like "select * from auth_users /*tag=value*/;" for both server query and `db.statement` span attribute.
 
 Warning: capture of sqlcomment in ``db.statement`` or ``db.query.text`` may have high cardinality without platform normalization. See `Semantic Conventions for database spans <https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/database/database-spans/#generating-a-summary-of-the-query-text>`_ for more information.