diff --git a/doc/guides/releases.md b/doc/guides/releases.md
index a4970d5d946246..2309460e3d1b3a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/releases.md
+++ b/doc/guides/releases.md
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ backport PR. You can refer the owner of the PR to the "[Backporting to Release
 If commits were cherry-picked in this step, check that the test still pass.
 
 ```console
-make test
+$ make test
 ```
 
 Then, push to the staging branch to keep it up-to-date.