diff --git a/lib/locales/README.md b/lib/locales/README.md
index 56f2742429..5b05323330 100644
--- a/lib/locales/README.md
+++ b/lib/locales/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Faker::Hipster.word #=> "kogi"
 
 ## How to update a locale with more translations
 
-To update a locale with more translation features, simply add a new field to the .yml file that corresponds to an existing piece of functionality in the "en.yml" file. In this example, that would mean providing Chinese hipster words.
+To update a locale with more translation features, simply add a new field to the `.yml` file that corresponds to an existing piece of functionality in the "en.yml" file. In this example, that would mean providing Chinese hipster words.
 
 ```yaml
 # /lib/locales/zh-CN.yml