diff --git a/resources/guidelines/code/core/ci-workflows.md b/resources/guidelines/code/core/ci-workflows.md
index 0f4dc0a1aa..d0d6cfa9b3 100644
--- a/resources/guidelines/code/core/ci-workflows.md
+++ b/resources/guidelines/code/core/ci-workflows.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ skipped job is visible in the UI, a suppressed failure is not.
   one audit at a time; the remaining audits are disabled there and report a few
   hundred findings between them, so enabling one is its own piece of work.
 - zizmor cannot parse a workflow whose `strategy:` is a dynamic
-  <code v-pre>${{ fromJson(...) }}</code> matrix, and it *warns and exits 0* rather than failing —
+  `${{ fromJson(...) }}` matrix, and it *warns and exits 0* rather than failing —
   an unparsed file is an unaudited file. `zizmor-collection-guard.ts` reconciles
   those warnings against a known list so a new one fails the lint, and so a
   listed file that starts parsing again is reported as a stale entry.