diff --git a/source/server-discovery-and-monitoring/tests/README.rst b/source/server-discovery-and-monitoring/tests/README.rst
index efc66fd3b7..9cf71e2cde 100644
--- a/source/server-discovery-and-monitoring/tests/README.rst
+++ b/source/server-discovery-and-monitoring/tests/README.rst
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ Heartbeat Tests
 
    #. Assert that the event array has the following contents in the same order:: 
 
-        ``['client connected', 'serverHeartbeatStartedEvent', 'client hello received', 'serverHeartbeatFailedEvent']``
+        ['client connected', 'serverHeartbeatStartedEvent', 'client hello received', 'serverHeartbeatFailedEvent']
 
 .. Section for links.