diff --git a/hgext/shelve.py b/hgext/shelve.py
index bf3d10f0c34ab51bfdfba00391bf52b122d2d385_aGdleHQvc2hlbHZlLnB5..870e361e049cd9ffc62b03fb6c7530e3bdf24bc5_aGdleHQvc2hlbHZlLnB5 100644
--- a/hgext/shelve.py
+++ b/hgext/shelve.py
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
 
     After a successful unshelve, the shelved changes are stored in a
     backup directory. Only the N most recent backups are kept. N
-    defaults to 10 but can be overridden using the shelve.maxbackups
+    defaults to 10 but can be overridden using the ``shelve.maxbackups``
     configuration option.
 
     .. container:: verbose