diff --git a/src/ert/plugins/hook_implementations/forward_model_steps.py b/src/ert/plugins/hook_implementations/forward_model_steps.py
index d70942f0b44..cc276940202 100644
--- a/src/ert/plugins/hook_implementations/forward_model_steps.py
+++ b/src/ert/plugins/hook_implementations/forward_model_steps.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def documentation() -> Optional[ForwardModelStepDocumentation]:
             examples="""
             .. code-block:: bash
 
-                FORWARD_MODEL DELETE_FILE(<FILES>=path/file path/file2 path/fileN)
+                FORWARD_MODEL DELETE_FILE(<FILES>="path/file path/file2 path/fileN")
 """,
         )