diff --git a/p3.md b/p3.md
index faef8733c78c04ab091927b2032339ebbbf35fc3..b6c50ea9290140f386d592a0f9d07993c973c8c2 100644
--- a/p3.md
+++ b/p3.md
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ procedure for generating the signature should be followed exactly:
 1. take the SHA256 hash
 1. call `rsa.SignPKCS1v15` on the hash result: this gives the raw signature
 1. encode the signature using base32
-2. add ",\n\"signature\": \", the encoded signature, and "\n} to the
+2. add `,\n\"signature\": \"`, the encoded signature, and `"\n}` to the
    end of the truncated original blob