diff --git a/doc/user-guide/io.rst b/doc/user-guide/io.rst
index 6edeb6c41c7..a4e5df5f6b8 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/io.rst
+++ b/doc/user-guide/io.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ in `xr.open_dataset` by specifying the engine to be used:
 .. ipython:: python
 
     import xarray as xr
+
     xr.open_dataset("my_file.grib", engine="cfgrib")
 
 The "engine" provides a set of instructions that tells xarray how