diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index c999c36d..ad2d5fa2 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     import tomli as tomllib
 
+
 def repository_root(path: PathLike = None) -> Path:
     if path is None:
         path = __file__
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ def repository_root(path: PathLike = None) -> Path:
     else:
         return repository_root(path.parent)
 
+
 # -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
 ROOT = repository_root()
 
@@ -33,15 +35,14 @@ def repository_root(path: PathLike = None) -> Path:
 
 project = metadata["name"]
 author = ", ".join(metadata["authors"])
-copyright = ", ".join(f"{datetime.now():%Y-%m-%d}, {author}" for author in metadata["authors"])
+copyright = ", ".join(
+    f"{datetime.now():%Y-%m-%d}, {author}" for author in metadata["authors"]
+)
 version = metadata["version"]
 release = version
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
-extensions = [
-    "sphinx_mdinclude",
-    "sphinx_rtd_theme"
-]
+extensions = ["sphinx_mdinclude", "sphinx_rtd_theme"]
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
 html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
diff --git a/docs/source/configuration.rst b/docs/source/configuration.rst
index 98ec5958..df086ec0 100644
--- a/docs/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/source/configuration.rst
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ connections from which to retrieve telemetry
      - path: ~/packets.txt
 
 .. note::
-   To define a connection with no options (i.e. the ``sondehub`` entry, above), use YAML's empty flow mapping syntax ``sondehub: {}``.
-   The empty block mapping syntax (``sondehub: ``) is equivalent to ``sondehub: null`` and will not initiate the connection.
+   To define a connection without specifying options (or to use the default options), use empty curly braces: ``sondehub: {}``.
+   An empty string, i.e. ``sondehub:``, will not start the connection (it's equivalent to ``sondehub: null`` ).
 
 Text connection (``text``)
 --------------------------