diff --git a/docs/tutorial/dbcon.rst b/docs/tutorial/dbcon.rst
index f700a329..b2a626f9 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/dbcon.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorial/dbcon.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ db connection in the interactive debugger::
         return response
 
 If you want to guarantee that the connection is always closed in debug mode, you
-can close it in a function decorated with :meth:`~flask.Flask.teardown_request`:
+can close it in a function decorated with :meth:`~flask.Flask.teardown_request`::
 
     @app.before_request
     def before_request():