diff --git a/topics/basics/testing_plugins/testing_highlighting.md b/topics/basics/testing_plugins/testing_highlighting.md
index 03ff071f3..cbeca19a3 100644
--- a/topics/basics/testing_plugins/testing_highlighting.md
+++ b/topics/basics/testing_plugins/testing_highlighting.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The following severities are supported:
 The tag can also have the following optional attributes.
 
 **Message**
-* `descr` expected (hardcoded) message associated with the highlighter (if not specified, any text will match; if the message contains a quotation mark, it can be escaped by putting two backslash characters before it)
+* `descr` expected (hardcoded) message associated with the highlighter (if not specified, any text will match). If the message contains a quotation mark, it can be escaped by putting two backslash characters before it.
 * `bundleMsg` expected message from a message bundle in format `[bundleName#] bundleKey [|argument]...`
 * `tooltip` expected tooltip message