diff --git a/doc/source/development/test_writing.rst b/doc/source/development/test_writing.rst
index 27d0f44f75633..62ab1a9aba96f 100644
--- a/doc/source/development/test_writing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/development/test_writing.rst
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ This test likely belongs in one of:
     If many cases such a test may test multiple similar methods, e.g.
 
     .. code-block:: python
+
         import pandas as pd
         import pandas._testing as tm