diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/data_lifecycle/workspaces.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/data_lifecycle/workspaces.md
index c6350b14d7ee8a1e1b882d75753675194f9601de..6eebe15638a1a7f025ff4bba26582fa3d650ead6 100644
--- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/data_lifecycle/workspaces.md
+++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/data_lifecycle/workspaces.md
@@ -611,5 +611,10 @@ wrong name. Use only the short name that is listed after `id:` when using `ws_li
 e-mail alert functionality to an existing workspace?
 
 **A**: You can add the e-mail alert by "overwriting" the workspace settings via
-`ws_allocate --extension --mailaddress=<mail address> --reminder=<days> --name=<ws-name> --duration=<duration> --filesystem=<fs>`.
-(This will lower the remaining extensions by one.)
+
+```console
+marie@login$ ws_allocate --extension --mailaddress=<mail address> --reminder=<days> \
+             --name=<ws-name> --duration=<duration> --filesystem=<fs>`
+```
+
+This will lower the remaining extensions by one.