diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 6b9c3a27bf..3cf1fedc30 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -40513,7 +40513,7 @@ environments, as in this example:
 
 @lisp
 (simple-service 'my-extra-home guix-home-service-type
-                `(("bob" ,my-extra-home))))
+                `(("bob" ,my-extra-home)))
 @end lisp
 @end defvar