diff --git a/src/sage/schemes/toric/variety.py b/src/sage/schemes/toric/variety.py
index db471da729b..aee10319916 100644
--- a/src/sage/schemes/toric/variety.py
+++ b/src/sage/schemes/toric/variety.py
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ def dimension_singularities(self):
         this method will return the dimension of the
         largest-dimensional component.
 
-        This returns -1 if the toric variety is smooth.
+        This returns `-1` if the toric variety is smooth.
 
         EXAMPLES::