diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -4750,7 +4750,7 @@
 situations, e.g., when the display specification was generated by some
 external program/agent.  Wrapping a display specification in a list
 that begins with the special symbol @code{disable-eval}, as in
-@w{@code{('disable-eval @var{spec})}}, will disable evaluation of any
+@w{@code{(disable-eval @var{spec})}}, will disable evaluation of any
 Lisp in @var{spec}, while still supporting all the other display
 property features.