diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 5688ec450a76d3..db5fba1a90b600 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ dynamically linking with OpenSSL 3.0.0 by using the configuration flag
 `--openssl-is-fips`.
 
 ### FIPS support when statically linking OpenSSL
+
 FIPS can be supported by specifying the configuration flag `--openssl-is-fips`:
 ```console
 $ ./configure --openssl-is-fips
@@ -781,7 +782,7 @@ the FIPS configuration file (fipsmodule.cnf), copying and updating openssl.cnf
 to include the correct path to fipsmodule.cnf and finally uncomment the fips
 section.
 
-We can then run node specifying --enable-fips:
+We can then run node specifying `--enable-fips`:
 ```console
 $ ./node --enable-fips  -p 'crypto.getFips()'
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