diff --git a/docs/topics/contracts.rst b/docs/topics/contracts.rst
index 82afa0dc1..61aef4bbb 100644
--- a/docs/topics/contracts.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/contracts.rst
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ You can use the following contracts:
 
 .. class:: MetadataContract
 
-    This contract (``@meta``) sets the :attr:` meta <scrapy.Request.meta>`
+    This contract (``@meta``) sets the :attr:`meta <scrapy.Request.meta>`
     attribute for the sample request. It must be a valid JSON dictionary.
     ::