diff --git a/src/sphinx/Getting-Started/Hello.rst b/src/sphinx/Getting-Started/Hello.rst
index 13c803e6b..0b0f7d0e3 100644
--- a/src/sphinx/Getting-Started/Hello.rst
+++ b/src/sphinx/Getting-Started/Hello.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ You can force a particular version of sbt by creating a file
 
 .. parsed-literal::
 
-    sbt.version=|release|
+    sbt.version=\ |release|
 
 to force the use of sbt |release|.  sbt is 99% source compatible from release to release.
 Still, setting the sbt version in `project/build.properties` avoids