diff --git a/docs/src/guides/tables.md b/docs/src/guides/tables.md
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@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@ You can create an empty table for scenarios where you want to add data to the ta
 
 === "Python"
 
-    ```python
 
     An empty table can be initialized via a PyArrow schema.