diff --git a/devices/surface/maintain-optimal-power-settings-on-Surface-devices.md b/devices/surface/maintain-optimal-power-settings-on-Surface-devices.md
index ac725c459e..4076bafc7e 100644
--- a/devices/surface/maintain-optimal-power-settings-on-Surface-devices.md
+++ b/devices/surface/maintain-optimal-power-settings-on-Surface-devices.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mobile device energy consumption to deliver a streamlined experience
 optimized across workloads. Depending on what you’re doing, Surface
 dynamically fine tunes how power flows to individual hardware
 components, momentarily waking up system components to handle background
-tasks, such as an incoming email or network traffic, before returning to a
+tasks -- such as an incoming email or network traffic -- before returning to a
 low power idle state (S0ix).
 
 The way Surface implements power management differs significantly from