diff --git a/examples/shader/custom_phase_item.rs b/examples/shader/custom_phase_item.rs
index e8d7f36d29..16a775ac4a 100644
--- a/examples/shader/custom_phase_item.rs
+++ b/examples/shader/custom_phase_item.rs
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ struct CustomPhaseSpecializer;
 
 #[derive(Resource)]
 struct CustomPhasePipeline {
-    /// the specialized_cache holds onto the shader handle through the base descriptor
+    /// the `specialized_cache` holds onto the shader handle through the base descriptor
     specialized_cache: SpecializedCache<RenderPipeline, CustomPhaseSpecializer>,
 }