diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/methods.rs b/clippy_lints/src/methods.rs
index c1b933d0121e..a0a1059ba489 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/methods.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/methods.rs
@@ -379,9 +379,7 @@ declare_lint! {
 /// **Known problems:** Does not catch multi-byte unicode characters.
 ///
 /// **Example:**
-/// ```rust
-/// _.split("x")` could be `_.split('x')
-/// ```
+/// `_.split("x")` could be `_.split('x')
 declare_lint! {
     pub SINGLE_CHAR_PATTERN,
     Warn,