diff --git a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/style/scribble.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/style/scribble.scrbl
index 49d2e03178..7f852c7f57 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/style/scribble.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/style/scribble.scrbl
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ when using @scheme[scheme], especially outside of @scheme[defproc] or
 @scheme[defform]. Prefix a meta-variable with @litchar{_}; for
 example,
 
-@verbatim["   @scheme[(rator-expr rand-expr ...)]"]
+@verbatim|{   @scheme[(rator-expr rand-expr ...)]}|
 
 would be the wrong way to refer to the grammar of a function call,
 because it produces @scheme[(rator-expr rand-expr ...)], where
 @schemeidfont{rator-expr} and @schemeidfont{rand-expr} are
 typeset as variables. The correct description is
 
-@verbatim["   @scheme[(_rator-expr _rand-expr ...)]"]
+@verbatim|{   @scheme[(_rator-expr _rand-expr ...)]}|
 
 which produces @scheme[(_rator-expr _rand-expr ...)], where
 @schemeidfont{rator-expr} @schemeidfont{rand-expr} are typeset as