diff --git a/docs/configuration/template_examples.md b/docs/configuration/template_examples.md
index 0fe7e2ef06..5275eb2f63 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/template_examples.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/template_examples.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ alert: InstanceDown
 expr: up == 0
 for: 5m
 labels:
-  - severity: page
+  severity: page
 annotations:
   summary: "Instance {{$labels.instance}} down"
   description: "{{$labels.instance}} of job {{$labels.job}} has been down for more than 5 minutes."