diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index cb62f6c32..70d9a46be 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -697,10 +697,10 @@ enabled before escaping the input and marking the output safe.
             br = Markup(br)
 
         result = "\n\n".join(
-            f"<p>{br.join(p.splitlines())}<\p>"
+            f"<p>{br.join(p.splitlines())}</p>"
             for p in re.split(r"(?:\r\n|\r(?!\n)|\n){2,}", value)
         )
-        return Markup(result) if autoescape else result
+        return Markup(result) if eval_ctx.autoescape else result
 
 
 .. _writing-tests: