diff --git a/doc/en/reference.rst b/doc/en/reference.rst
index bd89d024d..94889b913 100644
--- a/doc/en/reference.rst
+++ b/doc/en/reference.rst
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ pytest_mark
 **Tutorial**: :ref:`scoped-marking`
 
 Can be declared at the **global** level in *test modules* to apply one or more :ref:`marks <marks ref>` to all
-test functions and methods. Can be either a single mark or a sequence of marks.
+test functions and methods. Can be either a single mark or a list of marks.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ test functions and methods. Can be either a single mark or a sequence of marks.
 
     import pytest
 
-    pytestmark = (pytest.mark.integration, pytest.mark.slow)
+    pytestmark = [pytest.mark.integration, pytest.mark.slow]
 
 PYTEST_DONT_REWRITE (module docstring)
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