diff --git a/pages/common/select.md b/pages/common/select.md
index b772ec0048..218b5ecb83 100644
--- a/pages/common/select.md
+++ b/pages/common/select.md
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 
 - Create a menu from a Bash array:
 
-`{{fruits}}={{(apple orange pear banana)}}; select {{word}} in ${{{fruits[@]}}}; do echo ${{word}}; done`
+`{{fruits}}=({{apple orange pear banana}}); select {{word}} in ${{{fruits[@]}}}; do echo ${{word}}; done`