diff --git a/docs/settings/alert-action-settings.asciidoc b/docs/settings/alert-action-settings.asciidoc
index 7731cfdd94ec7..3d15c3cc5e368 100644
--- a/docs/settings/alert-action-settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/settings/alert-action-settings.asciidoc
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ For example, `20m`, `24h`, `7d`, `1w`. Default: `5m`.
 `xpack.alerting.rules.run.ruleTypeOverrides`::
 Overrides the configs under `xpack.alerting.rules.run` for the rule type with the given ID. List the rule identifier and its settings in an array of objects.
 +
+--
 For example:
 ```
 xpack.alerting.rules.run:
@@ -218,4 +219,5 @@ xpack.alerting.rules.run:
     ruleTypeOverrides:
         - id: '.index-threshold'
           timeout: '15m'
-```
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+```
+--
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