diff --git a/docs/source/defining-sql-queries.rst b/docs/source/defining-sql-queries.rst
index 6138bf5b..4bc390b0 100644
--- a/docs/source/defining-sql-queries.rst
+++ b/docs/source/defining-sql-queries.rst
@@ -145,7 +145,10 @@ The methods generated are:
 .. code:: python
 
     def new_blog(conn, userid: int, title: str, content: str) -> int:
+        pass
+
     def remove_blog(conn, blogid: int) -> int:
+        pass
 
 Each can be called to alter the database, and returns the number of affected rows
 if available.