diff --git a/docs/config.rst b/docs/config.rst
index 89fa0924..6d37c1e8 100644
--- a/docs/config.rst
+++ b/docs/config.rst
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ So a common pattern is this::
 
 This first loads the configuration from the
 `yourapplication.default_settings` module and then overrides the values
-with the contents of the file the :envvar:``YOURAPPLICATION_SETTINGS``
+with the contents of the file the :envvar:`YOURAPPLICATION_SETTINGS`
 environment variable points to.  This environment variable can be set on
 Linux or OS X with the export command in the shell before starting the
 server::