diff --git a/topics/roles/user-role-mappings/default-roles.adoc b/topics/roles/user-role-mappings/default-roles.adoc
index 5d27653d22..34f004ba0f 100644
--- a/topics/roles/user-role-mappings/default-roles.adoc
+++ b/topics/roles/user-role-mappings/default-roles.adoc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Default roles allow you to automatically assign user role mappings when any user is newly created or imported through
 <<fake/../../../user-federation.adoc#_user_federation, User Federation>> or <<fake/../../../identity-broker.adoc#_identity_broker, Identity Brokering>>.
-To specify _default roles_ go to the `Roles` left menu item, and click the `Default Roles` tab.
+To specify default roles go to the `Roles` left menu item, and click the `Default Roles` tab.
 
 .Default Roles
 image:../../../{{book.images}}/default-roles.png[]