diff --git a/website/source/docs/provisioning/shell.html.md b/website/source/docs/provisioning/shell.html.md
index 914156c4a..c9dc5f2c9 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/provisioning/shell.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/provisioning/shell.html.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Combined with a little bit more Ruby, this makes it very easy to embed
 your shell scripts directly within your Vagrantfile. Another example below:
 
 ```ruby
-$script = <<SCRIPT
+$script = <<-SCRIPT
 echo I am provisioning...
 date > /etc/vagrant_provisioned_at
 SCRIPT