diff --git a/website/docs/cli/commands/state/show.mdx b/website/docs/cli/commands/state/show.mdx
index 547aa83c74..8e2fd84e1d 100644
--- a/website/docs/cli/commands/state/show.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/cli/commands/state/show.mdx
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ $ terraform state show 'packet_device.worker[0]'
 
 ## Example: Show a Resource configured with for_each
 
-The example below shows the `"example"` instance of a `packet_device` resource named `worker` configured with
-[`for_each`](/language/meta-arguments/for_each):
+The following example shows the `"example"` instance of a `packet_device` resource named `worker` configured with the [`for_each`](/language/meta-arguments/for_each) meta-argument. You must place the resource name in single quotes when it contains special characters like double quotes.
 
 Linux, Mac OS, and UNIX: