diff --git a/doc/markup/para.rst b/doc/markup/para.rst
index 469947ab5..774b0f518 100644
--- a/doc/markup/para.rst
+++ b/doc/markup/para.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-x.. highlight:: rest
+.. highlight:: rest
 
 Paragraph-level markup
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