diff --git a/src/hb-style.cc b/src/hb-style.cc
index e66b1b967..fbab091e8 100644
--- a/src/hb-style.cc
+++ b/src/hb-style.cc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ _hb_ratio_to_angle (float r)
  * @style_tag: a style tag.
  *
  * Searches variation axes of a #hb_font_t object for a specific axis first,
- * if not set, first tries to get default style values in STAT table
+ * if not set, first tries to get default style values in `STAT` table
  * then tries to polyfill from different tables of the font.
  *
  * Returns: Corresponding axis or default value to a style tag.