diff --git a/hive-matrix-mcp/src/main.rs b/hive-matrix-mcp/src/main.rs
index 12d23bee..a6af4a57 100644
--- a/hive-matrix-mcp/src/main.rs
+++ b/hive-matrix-mcp/src/main.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const ACCOUNTS_HEARTBEAT_SECS: u64 = 30;
 /// Retry delays (seconds) for transient secondary-account failures.
 /// After the initial attempt we back off through these before giving up
 /// and skipping the account for the rest of the daemon lifetime.
-/// Transient = anything that is NOT a PermanentBringUpError (bad/expired
+/// Transient = anything that is NOT a `PermanentBringUpError` (bad/expired
 /// token). A down homeserver at DNS-not-ready boot time is the typical
 /// case; the total wait is ~52s before we give up.
 const SECONDARY_RETRY_DELAYS_SECS: &[u64] = &[2, 5, 15, 30];