diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/asciidoc/running.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/asciidoc/running.adoc
index 2feae28870..03fe6865d6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/asciidoc/running.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/asciidoc/running.adoc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ include::../gradle/running/application-plugin-main-class-name.gradle[tags=main-c
 [[running-your-application-passing-arguments]]
 === Passing arguments to your application
 Like all `JavaExec` tasks, arguments can be passed into `bootRun` from the command line
-using `--args='<arguments'>` when using Gradle 4.9 or later. For example, to run your
+using `--args='<arguments>'` when using Gradle 4.9 or later. For example, to run your
 application with a profile named `dev` active the following command can be used:
 
 [source,bash,indent=0,subs="verbatim"]