diff --git a/changelog/11978.improvement.rst b/changelog/11978.improvement.rst
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--- a/changelog/11978.improvement.rst
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@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-Add ``--log-file-mode`` option to the logging plugin, enabling appending to log-files. This option accepts either "w" or "a" and defaults to "w".
+Add ``--log-file-mode`` option to the logging plugin, enabling appending to log-files. This option accepts either ``"w"`` or ``"a"`` and defaults to ``"w"``.
 
-Previously, the mode was hard-coded to be "w" which truncates the file before logging.
+Previously, the mode was hard-coded to be ``"w"`` which truncates the file before logging.