diff --git a/content/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax.md b/content/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax.md
index 98c056431dcd..9c782c67cccb 100644
--- a/content/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax.md
+++ b/content/get-started/writing-on-github/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ You can indicate emphasis with bold, italic, strikethrough, subscript, or supers
 | All bold and italic | `*** ***` | None | `***All this text is important***` | ***All this text is important*** | <!-- markdownlint-disable-line emphasis-style -->
 | Subscript | `<sub> </sub>` | None | `This is a <sub>subscript</sub> text` | This is a <sub>subscript</sub> text |
 | Superscript | `<sup> </sup>` | None | `This is a <sup>superscript</sup> text` | This is a <sup>superscript</sup> text |
-| Underline | `<ins> </ins>` | None | `This is an <ins>underlined</ins> text` | <ins>This text is underlined</ins> |
+| Underline | `<ins> </ins>` | None | `This is an <ins>underlined</ins> text` | This is an <ins>underlined</ins> text |
 
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