diff --git a/content/rooms/fragments/v2-state-res.md b/content/rooms/fragments/v2-state-res.md
index e9013edf..dd0b0e63 100644
--- a/content/rooms/fragments/v2-state-res.md
+++ b/content/rooms/fragments/v2-state-res.md
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ the auth event is not rejected.
 The *resolution* of a set of states is obtained as follows:
 
 1.  Select all *power events* that appear in the *full conflicted set*. Compute
-    the union of their auth chains. Sort the union using the
+    the union of their *auth chains*. Sort the union using the
     *reverse topological power ordering*.
 2.  Apply the *iterative auth checks algorithm*, starting from the
     *unconflicted state map*, to the list of events from the previous