diff --git a/doc/developer-guides/hld/hld-devicemodel.rst b/doc/developer-guides/hld/hld-devicemodel.rst
index f002f865d..02135c6f3 100644
--- a/doc/developer-guides/hld/hld-devicemodel.rst
+++ b/doc/developer-guides/hld/hld-devicemodel.rst
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ s, pci_slot <slot_config>
    - ``slot`` is 0..31
    - ``func`` is 0..7
    - ``emul`` is a string describing the type of PCI device e.g. virtio-net
-   - config is an optional device-dependent string, used for
+   - ``config`` is an optional device-dependent string, used for
      configuration.
 
    Examples::