diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtexttable.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtexttable.cpp
index 64b7aa6765a..683ad8ac352 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtexttable.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtexttable.cpp
@@ -72,10 +72,12 @@ using namespace Qt::StringLiterals;
     Sets the cell's character format to \a format. This can for example be used to change
     the background color of the entire cell:
 
+    \code
     QTextTableCell cell = table->cellAt(2, 3);
     QTextCharFormat format = cell.format();
     format.setBackground(Qt::blue);
     cell.setFormat(format);
+    \endcode
 
     Note that the cell's row or column span cannot be changed through this function. You have
     to use QTextTable::mergeCells and QTextTable::splitCell instead.