diff --git a/Documentation/trace/histogram-design.rst b/Documentation/trace/histogram-design.rst
index 088c8cce738b..6e0d1a48bd50 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/histogram-design.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/histogram-design.rst
@@ -380,7 +380,9 @@ entry, ts0, corresponding to the ts0 variable in the sched_waking
 trigger above.
 
 sched_waking histogram
-----------------------::
+----------------------
+
+.. code-block::
 
   +------------------+
   | hist_data        |<-------------------------------------------------------+