diff --git a/docs/source/API/core/atomics/atomic_fetch_op.rst b/docs/source/API/core/atomics/atomic_fetch_op.rst
index 8234e9bc7..3078d0f84 100644
--- a/docs/source/API/core/atomics/atomic_fetch_op.rst
+++ b/docs/source/API/core/atomics/atomic_fetch_op.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Usage
    old_value =  atomic_fetch_[op](ptr_to_value, update_value);
 
 Atomically updates the variable at the address given by ``ptr_to_value`` with ``update_value``
-according to the relevant operation, and returns the previous value found at that address.
+according to the relevant operation ``op``, and returns the previous value found at that address.
 
 Description
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