diff --git a/libraries/base/GHC/Base.hs b/libraries/base/GHC/Base.hs
index 626b17f9ea51dd8d93d28e604ab01d233aba0ce2..d2f1cf4728a0d645c524033007264e79a50eab99 100644
--- a/libraries/base/GHC/Base.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/GHC/Base.hs
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ class Functor f => Applicative f where
     (<*) = liftA2 const
 
 -- | A variant of '<*>' with the types of the arguments reversed. It differs from
--- `flip <*>` in that the effects are resolved in the order the arguments are
+-- @`flip` `(<*>)`@ in that the effects are resolved in the order the arguments are
 -- presented.
 --
 -- ==== __Examples__