diff --git a/doc/src/cursor.rst b/doc/src/cursor.rst
index 43dca243..55cef3b7 100644
--- a/doc/src/cursor.rst
+++ b/doc/src/cursor.rst
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ The ``cursor`` class
 
             According to the |DBAPI|_, the exception raised for a cursor out
             of bound should have been :exc:`!IndexError`.  The best option is
-            probably to catch both exceptions in your code:
+            probably to catch both exceptions in your code::
 
                 try:
                     cur.scroll(1000 * 1000)