diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index c87572769d..74d962f4bb 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -3182,7 +3182,7 @@ Email
 * :setting:`EMAIL_SSL_CERTFILE`
 * :setting:`EMAIL_SSL_KEYFILE`
 * :setting:`EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX`
-* :setting*`EMAIL_TIMEOUT`
+* :setting:`EMAIL_TIMEOUT`
 * :setting:`EMAIL_USE_TLS`
 * :setting:`MANAGERS`
 * :setting:`SERVER_EMAIL`