diff -u b/core/modules/system/core.api.php b/core/modules/system/core.api.php
--- b/core/modules/system/core.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/core.api.php
@@ -1032,9 +1032,8 @@
  * Extensions must each be located in a directory whose name matches the short
  * name (or machine name) of the extension, and this directory must contain a
  * file named machine_name.info.yml (where machine_name is the machine name of
- * the extension).
- * See \Drupal\Core\Extension\InfoParserInterface::parse() for documentation of
- * the format of .info.yml files.
+ * the extension). See \Drupal\Core\Extension\InfoParserInterface::parse() for
+ * documentation of the format of .info.yml files.
  * @}
  */