diff --git a/docs/CommandGuide/clang.rst b/docs/CommandGuide/clang.rst
index 1056415dbe3df752330d33cb76a719418eb6980d..cee9b18b9502bee57e93e137a8ee12184b6b5ff9 100644
--- a/docs/CommandGuide/clang.rst
+++ b/docs/CommandGuide/clang.rst
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ Code Generation Options
   assembly files, otherwise this generates LLVM bitcode format object files
   (which may be passed to the linker depending on the stage selection options).
 
-  The default for :option:`-flto` is :option:`-flto=full`, in which the
+  The default for :option:`-flto` is "full", in which the
   LLVM bitcode is suitable for monolithic Link Time Optimization (LTO), where
   the linker merges all such modules into a single combined module for
   optimization. With :option:`-flto=thin`, :doc:`ThinLTO <../ThinLTO>`