diff --git a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
index 30ac9eb267..ac9bb9345e 100644
--- a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
@@ -1336,7 +1336,8 @@ Optional filename for the ref update hook, if not specified then
 `ref-update` will be used.
 
 [[hooks.syncHookTimeout]]hooks.syncHookTimeout::
-+ Optional timeout value in seconds for synchronous hooks, if not specified
++
+Optional timeout value in seconds for synchronous hooks, if not specified
 then 30 seconds will be used.
 
 [[http]]Section http