diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusTask.java b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusTask.java
index 23068daa0d43d..17b4822d9e923 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusTask.java
+++ b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusTask.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ WorkQueue workQueue(Map<String, String> configMap, List<Action<? super JavaForkO
         WorkerExecutor workerExecutor = getWorkerExecutor();
 
         // Use process isolation by default, unless Gradle's started with its debugging system property or the
-        // system property `quarkus.gradle-worker.no-process is set to `true`.
+        // system property `quarkus.gradle-worker.no-process` is set to `true`.
         if (Boolean.getBoolean("org.gradle.debug") || Boolean.getBoolean("quarkus.gradle-worker.no-process")) {
             return workerExecutor.classLoaderIsolation();
         }