diff --git a/src/gene/database/database.py b/src/gene/database/database.py
index 146e707..ae4fc2c 100644
--- a/src/gene/database/database.py
+++ b/src/gene/database/database.py
@@ -295,8 +295,7 @@ def create_db(
     >>> local_db = create_db()  # creates DynamoDB connection on port 8001
     >>>
     >>> os.environ["GENE_NORM_ENV"] = "Prod"
-    >>> prod_db = create_db()  # creates connection to AWS cloud DynamoDB instance,
-    >>> # overruling `GENE_NORM_DB_URL` variable setting
+    >>> prod_db = create_db()  # creates connection to AWS cloud DynamoDB instance, overruling `GENE_NORM_DB_URL` variable setting
 
     Precedence is handled for connection settings like so: