diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle.md
index 29631c4de1..9c74012e8c 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle.md
@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ place, the {{< glossary_tooltip text="kubelet" term_id="kubelet" >}} attempts gr
 shutdown.
 
 Typically, the container runtime sends a TERM signal to the main process in each
-container. Many container runtimes respect the STOPSIGNAL defined in the container image and send this instead of TERM.
+container. Many container runtimes respect the `STOPSIGNAL` value defined in the container
+image and send this instead of TERM.
 Once the grace period has expired, the KILL signal is sent to any remaining
 processes, and the Pod is then deleted from the
 {{< glossary_tooltip text="API Server" term_id="kube-apiserver" >}}. If the kubelet or the