diff --git a/utilities/wait_for b/utilities/wait_for
index bee2f003b6f..faf821e2749 100644
--- a/utilities/wait_for
+++ b/utilities/wait_for
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ author: Jeroen Hoekx, John Jarvis
 EXAMPLES = '''
 
 # wait 300 seconds for port 8000 to become open on the host, don't start checking for 10 seconds
-- wait_for: port=8000 delay=10"
+- wait_for: port=8000 delay=10
 
 # wait until the file /tmp/foo is present before continuing
 - wait_for: path=/tmp/foo