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diff --git a/doc/topics/the-event-loop-timers-and-nexttick.md b/doc/topics/the-event-loop-timers-and-nexttick.md
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--- a/doc/topics/the-event-loop-timers-and-nexttick.md
+++ b/doc/topics/the-event-loop-timers-and-nexttick.md
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ through its queue of callbacks executing them synchronously until
either the queue has been exhausted, or the system-dependent hard limit
is reached.
-* _If the `poll` queue is **empty**, one of two more things will
+* _If the `poll` queue **is empty**_, one of two more things will
happen:
* If scripts have been scheduled by `setImmediate()`, the event loop
will end the `poll` phase and continue to the `check` phase to