diff --git a/qiskit/transpiler/target.py b/qiskit/transpiler/target.py
index fb15a8039d3..51e1967473f 100644
--- a/qiskit/transpiler/target.py
+++ b/qiskit/transpiler/target.py
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ def operation_names(self):
 
     @property
     def instructions(self):
-        """Get the list of tuples ``(:class:`~qiskit.circuit.Instruction`, (qargs))``
+        """Get the list of tuples (:class:`~qiskit.circuit.Instruction`, (qargs))
         for the target
 
         For globally defined variable width operations the tuple will be of the form