diff --git a/docs/src/running-validator/validator-start.md b/docs/src/running-validator/validator-start.md
index 1e040c51fd..b9b6c05b3f 100644
--- a/docs/src/running-validator/validator-start.md
+++ b/docs/src/running-validator/validator-start.md
@@ -397,7 +397,11 @@ Example configuration:
    (assuming your validator is running under the user "sol").  **CAREFUL: If you
    incorrectly edit /etc/fstab your machine may no longer boot**
 3. Create at least 250GB of swap space
-  - Choose a device to use in place of `SWAPDEV` for the remainder of these instructions.  Ideally select a free disk partition of 250GB or greater on a fast disk. If one is not available, create a swap file with `sudo fallocate -l 250G /swapfile`, set its permissions with `sudo chmod 0600 /swapfile` and use `/swapfile` as `SWAPDEV` for the remainder of these instructions
+  - Choose a device to use in place of `SWAPDEV` for the remainder of these instructions.
+    Ideally select a free disk partition of 250GB or greater on a fast disk. If one is not
+    available, create a swap file with `sudo fallocate -l 250G /swapfile`, set its permissions
+    with `sudo chmod 0600 /swapfile` and use `/swapfile` as `SWAPDEV` for the remainder of
+    these instructions
   - Format the device for usage as swap with `sudo mkswap SWAPDEV`
 4. Add the swap file to `/etc/fstab` with a new line containing `SWAPDEV swap swap defaults 0 0`
 5. Enable swap with `sudo swapon -a` and mount the tmpfs with `sudo mount /mnt/solana-accounts/`