diff --git a/docs/en/reference/dql-doctrine-query-language.rst b/docs/en/reference/dql-doctrine-query-language.rst
index 36c06bf3b..bc5097ddd 100644
--- a/docs/en/reference/dql-doctrine-query-language.rst
+++ b/docs/en/reference/dql-doctrine-query-language.rst
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ You can select scalars from any entity in the query.
 
 .. code-block:: sql
 
-    ``SELECT u, p.quantity FROM Users u...``
+    SELECT u, p.quantity FROM Users u...
 
 Here, the result will again be an array of arrays, with each element
 being an array made up of a User object and the scalar value