diff --git a/paas-failwhale/README.md b/paas-failwhale/README.md
index 540e812b5..95e0ea107 100644
--- a/paas-failwhale/README.md
+++ b/paas-failwhale/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ and to disable it
     make <environment> disable-failwhale
 
 
-Where <environment> is any of
+Where `<environment>` is any of
 
 - preview
 - staging