diff --git a/doc/en/reference/reference.rst b/doc/en/reference/reference.rst
index 7c7b99d81..6926cd61b 100644
--- a/doc/en/reference/reference.rst
+++ b/doc/en/reference/reference.rst
@@ -1702,13 +1702,13 @@ passed multiple times. The expected format is ``name=value``. For example::
    This would tell ``pytest`` to not look into typical subversion or
    sphinx-build directories or into any ``tmp`` prefixed directory.
 
-   Additionally, ``pytest`` will attempt to intelligently identify and ignore a
-   virtualenv by the presence of an activation script.  Any directory deemed to
-   be the root of a virtual environment will not be considered during test
-   collection unless ``--collect-in-virtualenv`` is given.  Note also that
-   ``norecursedirs`` takes precedence over ``--collect-in-virtualenv``; e.g. if
-   you intend to run tests in a virtualenv with a base directory that matches
-   ``'.*'`` you *must* override ``norecursedirs`` in addition to using the
+   Additionally, ``pytest`` will attempt to intelligently identify and ignore
+   a virtualenv.  Any directory deemed to be the root of a virtual environment
+   will not be considered during test collection unless
+   ``--collect-in-virtualenv`` is given.  Note also that ``norecursedirs``
+   takes precedence over ``--collect-in-virtualenv``; e.g. if you intend to
+   run tests in a virtualenv with a base directory that matches ``'.*'`` you
+   *must* override ``norecursedirs`` in addition to using the
    ``--collect-in-virtualenv`` flag.