diff --git a/docs/release.md b/docs/release.md
index 507d58b8a..3200c4449 100644
--- a/docs/release.md
+++ b/docs/release.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ We use docurium to generate our documentation. It is a tool written in ruby whic
 
     gem install docurium
 
-and run it against our description file with the tip of main checked out.
+and run it against our description file with the tip of `main` checked out.
 
     cm doc api.docurium