diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration/user_provisioning_api.rst b/admin_manual/configuration/user_provisioning_api.rst
index 481adb9e7..2f1990919 100644
--- a/admin_manual/configuration/user_provisioning_api.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/configuration/user_provisioning_api.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ info, and to enable or disable an app remotely. HTTP
 requests can be used via a Basic Auth header to perform any of the functions 
 listed above. The Provisioning API app is enabled by default.
 
-The base URL for all calls to the share API is **owncloud_base_url>/ocs/v1.php/cloud**.
+The base URL for all calls to the share API is **owncloud_base_url/ocs/v1.php/cloud**.
 
 Instruction set
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