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diff --git a/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md b/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md
index a49279f1932..7a7fa08fac1 100644
--- a/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md
+++ b/doc/ci/merge_request_pipelines/index.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Pipelines for merge requests have the following requirements and limitations:
 
 ## Configuring pipelines for merge requests
 
-To configure pipelines for merge requests, add the `only: merge_requests` parameter to
+To configure pipelines for merge requests, add the `only: [merge_requests]` parameter to
 the jobs that you want to run only for merge requests.
 
 Then, when developers create or update merge requests, a pipeline runs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ After the merge request is updated with new commits:
 - The pipeline fetches the latest code from the source branch and run tests against it.
 
 In the above example, the pipeline contains only a `test` job.
-Since the `build` and `deploy` jobs don't have the `only: merge_requests` parameter,
+Since the `build` and `deploy` jobs don't have the `only: [merge_requests]` parameter,
 they will not run in the merge request.
 
 Pipelines tagged with the **detached** badge indicate that they were triggered
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Read the [documentation on Merge Trains](pipelines_for_merged_results/merge_trai
 
 ## Excluding certain jobs
 
-The behavior of the `only: merge_requests` parameter is such that _only_ jobs with
+The behavior of the `only: [merge_requests]` parameter is such that _only_ jobs with
 that parameter are run in the context of a merge request; no other jobs will be run.
 
 However, you may want to reverse this behavior, having all of your jobs to run _except_