diff --git a/docs/cli.md b/docs/cli.md
index f8cd49cc1fc..42bfb181fc4 100644
--- a/docs/cli.md
+++ b/docs/cli.md
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ dependencies
  - pytzdata >=2017.2.2
 
 required by
- - calendar >=1.4.0
+ - calendar requires >=1.4.0
 ```
 
 ### Options
diff --git a/src/poetry/console/commands/show.py b/src/poetry/console/commands/show.py
index 8e13cb87adc..b47b4574666 100644
--- a/src/poetry/console/commands/show.py
+++ b/src/poetry/console/commands/show.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def _display_single_package_information(
             self.line("")
             self.line("<info>required by</info>")
             for parent, requires_version in required_by.items():
-                self.line(f" - <c1>{parent}</c1> <b>{requires_version}</b>")
+                self.line(f" - <c1>{parent}</c1> requires <b>{requires_version}</b>")
 
         return 0
 
diff --git a/tests/console/commands/test_show.py b/tests/console/commands/test_show.py
index cc62cacdcca..22594af6e87 100644
--- a/tests/console/commands/test_show.py
+++ b/tests/console/commands/test_show.py
@@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@ def test_show_required_by_deps(
  - msgpack-python >=0.5 <0.6
 
 required by
- - pendulum >=0.2.0 <0.3.0
+ - pendulum requires >=0.2.0 <0.3.0
 """.splitlines()
     actual = [line.rstrip() for line in tester.io.fetch_output().splitlines()]
     assert actual == expected