diff --git a/docs/source/userguide/beginners_guide.rst b/docs/source/userguide/beginners_guide.rst
index c2f8d0fb8..65f0b6b23 100644
--- a/docs/source/userguide/beginners_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/source/userguide/beginners_guide.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ FESTIM is under version control with `git <https://git-scm.com/>`_. Even though
 
 FESTIM can be run in parallel on N cores using the command: 
 
-.. testcode::
+.. code::
     
     mpirun -np N python3 your_FESTIM_script.py.