diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/integration.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/integration.ts
index 8baa3fb96bd9d..30561ba4ce061 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/integration.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-apigateway/lib/integration.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ export interface IntegrationOptions {
    * the key, and the template is the value (specified as a string), such as
    * the following snippet:
    *
-   *   { "application/json": "{\n  \"statusCode\": \"200\"\n}" }
+   * ```
+   *   { "application/json": "{ \"statusCode\": 200 }" }
+   * ```
    *
    * @see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/api-gateway-mapping-template-reference.html
    */