diff --git a/docs/configuration/http_conn_man/route_config/route.rst b/docs/configuration/http_conn_man/route_config/route.rst
index c0ea0cbee1afa..033bbb643a8ff 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/http_conn_man/route_config/route.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration/http_conn_man/route_config/route.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ next (e.g., redirect, forward, rewrite, etc.).
     "rate_limit": "{...}",
     "shadow": "{...}",
     "priority": "...",
-    "headers": "[]"
+    "headers": []
   }
 
 prefix
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ name
   *(required, string)* Specifies the name of the header in the request.
 
 value
-  *(optional, string)* Specifies the value of the header. If the value is absent a request that has the
-   ``name`` header will match, regardless of the header's value.
+  *(optional, string)* Specifies the value of the header. If the value is absent a request that has
+  the *name* header will match, regardless of the header's value.
 
 The router will check the request's headers against all the specified
 headers in the route config. A match will happen if all the headers in the route are present in
-the request with the same values (or based on presence if the ``value`` field is not in the config).
\ No newline at end of file
+the request with the same values (or based on presence if the ``value`` field is not in the config).