diff --git a/docs/en/api-reference/system/esp_event.rst b/docs/en/api-reference/system/esp_event.rst
index b0a96e4ce1..cc6c41aea4 100644
--- a/docs/en/api-reference/system/esp_event.rst
+++ b/docs/en/api-reference/system/esp_event.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ In code, the flow above may look like as follows:
 
         esp_event_loop_handle_t loop_handle;
 
-        esp_event_loop_create(&loop_args, &loop_handle)
+        esp_event_loop_create(&loop_args, &loop_handle);
 
         // 3. Register event handler defined in (1). MY_EVENT_BASE and MY_EVENT_ID specifies a hypothetical
         // event that handler run_on_event should execute on when it gets posted to the loop.