diff --git a/aspnetcore/mvc/views/view-compilation.md b/aspnetcore/mvc/views/view-compilation.md
index 13bc606809..bb0522c8e4 100644
--- a/aspnetcore/mvc/views/view-compilation.md
+++ b/aspnetcore/mvc/views/view-compilation.md
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ Runtime compilation is enabled using the `Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Runtime
       .AddRazorRuntimeCompilation()
   ```
 
-For runtime compilation to work when deployed, apps must additionally modify their project files to set the `PreserveCompilationReferences` to `true`.
+For runtime compilation to work when deployed, apps must modify their project files to set the `PreserveCompilationReferences` to `true`:
 
-[!code-xml[](view-compilation/sample/RuntimeCompilation.csproj?highlight=3)]
+[!code-xml[](view-compilation/sample/RuntimeCompilation.csproj?highlight=4)]
 
 ::: moniker-end