diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-expressions.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-expressions.adoc
index d445738f51..9ed6847b0b 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-expressions.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-expressions.adoc
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ following example shows how to do so:
 
 	Map mapOfMaps = (Map) parser.parseExpression("{name:{first:'Nikola',last:'Tesla'},dob:{day:10,month:'July',year:1856}}").getValue(context);
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-[source,kotlin,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes",role="secondary"]
+[source,kotlin,indent=0,subs="verbatim",role="secondary"]
 .Kotlin
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 	// evaluates to a Java map containing the two entries