diff --git a/tools/lint/docs/coding-style/coding_style_cpp.rst b/tools/lint/docs/coding-style/coding_style_cpp.rst
index b8a12fd65371..0731a54d2a00 100644
--- a/tools/lint/docs/coding-style/coding_style_cpp.rst
+++ b/tools/lint/docs/coding-style/coding_style_cpp.rst
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Methods and functions
 C/C++
 ^^^^^
 
-In C/C++, method names should be capitalized and use camelCase.
+In C/C++, method names should use ``UpperCamelCase``.
 
 Getters that never fail, and never return null, are named ``Foo()``,
 while all other getters use ``GetFoo()``. Getters can return an object