diff --git a/pages/docs/distros/start.txt b/pages/docs/distros/start.txt
index ed6735bde..4acecdee6 100644
--- a/pages/docs/distros/start.txt
+++ b/pages/docs/distros/start.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ sudo make install
 sudo ldconfig # needed on Linux to update linker library database
 </code>
 
-If you are in a library that doesn't have a configure.ac, it is likely using meson.  For meson based libraries and applications run this in the project's top level directory:
+If you are in a library that doesn't have a ''configure.ac'', it is likely using meson.  For meson based libraries and applications run this in the project's top level directory:
 
 <code bash>
 meson build