diff --git a/salt/states/file.py b/salt/states/file.py
index af3d58d988..731e891b77 100644
--- a/salt/states/file.py
+++ b/salt/states/file.py
@@ -3797,12 +3797,13 @@ def replace(name,
         A regular expression, to be matched using Python's
         :py:func:`~re.search`.
 
-        ..note::
+        .. note::
+
             If you need to match a literal string that contains regex special
             characters, you may want to use salt's custom Jinja filter,
             ``escape_regex``.
 
-            ..code-block:: jinja
+            .. code-block:: jinja
 
                 {{ 'http://example.com?foo=bar%20baz' | escape_regex }}