1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/custom.texi b/doc/emacs/custom.texi
index 2e04a6b22d3..4fe7bbb275d 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/custom.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/custom.texi
@@ -2676,7 +2676,7 @@ Note also that if neither the XDG location nor @file{~/.emacs.d}
 exist, then Emacs will create @file{~/.emacs.d} (and therefore use it
 during subsequent invocations).
 
-Emacs will set @var{user-emacs-directory} to the directory it decides
+Emacs will set @code{user-emacs-directory} to the directory it decides
 to use.
 
 Although this is backward-compatible with older Emacs versions, modern