diff --git a/docs/writing/style.rst b/docs/writing/style.rst
index d298ba4eb..47d3e5257 100644
--- a/docs/writing/style.rst
+++ b/docs/writing/style.rst
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ and square braces.
 
     my_very_big_string = ("For a long time I used to go to bed early. Sometimes, "
         "when I had put out my candle, my eyes would close so quickly that I had not even "
-        time to say “I’m going to sleep.”")
+        "time to say “I’m going to sleep.”")
 
     from some.deep.module.inside.a.module import (a_nice_function, another_nice_function,
                                                   yet_another_nice_functio)