diff --git a/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.rst b/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.rst
index 1d581e80e2c3f146c2810dd1f05e98e9fe1de0d3..727e60488f0a29a7d3953a57b37a6a580eea36b1 100644
--- a/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.rst
+++ b/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.rst
@@ -602,9 +602,9 @@ used by a codebase somewhere in the wild. Of course, we do want to support all
 major projects and thus have established the following bar for adding style
 options. Each new style option must ..
 
-  * .. be used in a project of significant size (have dozens of contributors)
-  * .. have a publicly accessible style guide
-  * .. have a person willing to contribute and maintain patches
+  * be used in a project of significant size (have dozens of contributors)
+  * have a publicly accessible style guide
+  * have a person willing to contribute and maintain patches
 
 Examples
 ========