diff --git a/skimage/measure/fit.py b/skimage/measure/fit.py
index 87febf70..66502ffa 100644
--- a/skimage/measure/fit.py
+++ b/skimage/measure/fit.py
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ def ransac(data, model_class, min_samples, residual_threshold,
     >>> ransac_model, inliers = ransac(data, EllipseModel, 5, 3, max_trials=50)
     >>> # ransac_model._params, inliers
 
-    Should give the correct result estimated without the faulty data:
+    Should give the correct result estimated without the faulty data::
 
         [ 20.12762373, 29.73563061, 4.81499637, 10.4743584, 0.05217117]
         [ 4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,