diff --git a/docs/source/format/CDataInterfaceStatistics.rst b/docs/source/format/CDataInterfaceStatistics.rst
index a2cae90b0160f..0d15381deb979 100644
--- a/docs/source/format/CDataInterfaceStatistics.rst
+++ b/docs/source/format/CDataInterfaceStatistics.rst
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ The colon symbol ``:`` is to be used as a namespace separator like
 The ``ARROW`` pattern is a reserved namespace for pre-defined
 statistics keys. User-defined statistics must not use it.
 For example, you can use your product name as namespace
-such as `MY_PRODUCT:my_statistics:exact`.
+such as ``MY_PRODUCT:my_statistics:exact``.
 
 Here are pre-defined statistics keys: