diff --git a/docs/apache_auth.txt b/docs/apache_auth.txt
index bbb2fe091d..1250679ea8 100644
--- a/docs/apache_auth.txt
+++ b/docs/apache_auth.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ with the standard ``Auth*`` and ``Require`` directives::
 
 By default, the authentication handler will limit access to the ``/example/``
 location to users marked as staff members.  You can use a set of
-``PythonOption`` directives to modify this behavior::
+``PythonOption`` directives to modify this behavior:
 
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     ``PythonOption``                  Explanation