diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 52b16779..0678f229 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -3048,14 +3048,12 @@ constexpr auto operator"" _a(const char* s, size_t) -> detail::udl_arg<char> {
 #  endif
 
 /**
-  \rst
-  User-defined literal equivalent of :func:`fmt::format`.
+  DEPRECATED! User-defined literal equivalent of fmt::format.
 
   **Example**::
 
     using namespace fmt::literals;
     std::string message = "The answer is {}"_format(42);
-  \endrst
  */
 constexpr auto operator"" _format(const char* s, size_t n)
     -> detail::udl_formatter<char> {