diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_plugins.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_plugins.rst
index 3187c0011ff..2bbfe0d2a3f 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_plugins.rst
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ Here's a simple lookup plugin implementation --- this lookup returns the content
   __metaclass__ = type
 
   DOCUMENTATION = """
-        lookup: file
+          lookup: file
           author: Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel@hozac.com>
           version_added: "0.9"
           short_description: read file contents