diff --git a/docs/html/user_guide.rst b/docs/html/user_guide.rst
index aecb427f3..332ba723d 100644
--- a/docs/html/user_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/html/user_guide.rst
@@ -1484,9 +1484,9 @@ constrain the number of package versions it tries.
A first good candidate for this constraining is the package(s) it is
backtracking on (e.g. in the above example - ``cup``).
-You coud try:
+You could try:
-==\ ``pip install tea cup > 3.13`` please check this syntax==
+``pip install tea cup > 3.13``
This will reduce the number of versions of ``cup`` it tries, and
possibly reduce the time pip takes to install.