diff --git a/docs/releases/v6.2.0.rst b/docs/releases/v6.2.0.rst
index 57b76ecb..7ad56d14 100644
--- a/docs/releases/v6.2.0.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/v6.2.0.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ General changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 - Fixed a bug in which ``WaitIterator.current_index`` could be incorrect.
-- ``tornado.gen.TimeoutError``` is now an alias for `asyncio.TimeoutError`.
+- ``tornado.gen.TimeoutError`` is now an alias for `asyncio.TimeoutError`.
 
 `tornado.http1connection`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@ General changes
 - `.WebSocketClientConnection.write_message` now accepts `dict` arguments for
   consistency with `.WebSocketHandler.write_message`.
 - `.WebSocketClientConnection.write_message` now raises an exception as
-  documented if the connection is already closed.
\ No newline at end of file
+  documented if the connection is already closed.