diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index 94d33ab9b6a4c34..5b041b87625b87d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -1803,8 +1803,9 @@ object is available:
    :c:expr:`int`, which is of course not always the truth, so you have to assign
    the correct :attr:`!restype` attribute to use these functions.
 
-      Note that if the Python interpreter is statically linked, this will be
-      ``None``, as ``dlopen`` is not possible in this case.
+      .. note::
+
+         If the Python interpreter is statically linked, this may be ``None``.
 
 .. audit-event:: ctypes.dlopen name ctypes.LibraryLoader