diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -5125,7 +5125,8 @@ def status(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
 
       Examples:
 
-      - show changes in the working directory relative to a changeset:
+      - show changes in the working directory relative to a
+        changeset::
 
           hg status --rev 9353