diff --git a/routing.rst b/routing.rst
index f5aebf15337..ffcb92e1431 100644
--- a/routing.rst
+++ b/routing.rst
@@ -1507,7 +1507,6 @@ host name:
             ;
         };
 
-        return $routes;
 
 The value of the ``host`` option can include parameters (which is useful in
 multi-tenant applications) and these parameters can be validated too with