diff --git a/docs/README.rst b/docs/README.rst
index 0051809..ebdb171 100644
--- a/docs/README.rst
+++ b/docs/README.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Requirements
 
 The documentation must be built using Python 3.
 
-In addition to :ref:``devinstall``,
+In addition to :ref:`devinstall`,
 the following tools are needed to build the documentation:
 
  - sphinx