diff --git a/docs/workers.rst b/docs/workers.rst
index dee04bbf3e47c55e290f2eb016eec2389bd3d1c8..80f8d2181ae21b5b9d857eb7ac94b9fec510be4c 100644
--- a/docs/workers.rst
+++ b/docs/workers.rst
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ file. For example::
 ``synapse.app.event_creator``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Handles non-state event creation. It can handle REST endpoints matching:
+Handles non-state event creation. It can handle REST endpoints matching::
 
     ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/send