diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md
index 4b8385d7e0d9..422dbf174ad5 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ As an alternative, you can proxy the guest shell to a local TCP server by first
 starting a TCP server in a terminal using the command:
 
 ```ShellSession
-$ socat 'READLINE,PROMPT=$ ' tcp-listen:4444,reuseaddr`
+$ socat 'READLINE,PROMPT=$ ' tcp-listen:4444,reuseaddr
 ```
 
 In the terminal where the test driver is running, connect to this server by