diff --git a/selfdrive/car/docs_definitions.py b/selfdrive/car/docs_definitions.py
index 376eade013..ef2b8e83c5 100644
--- a/selfdrive/car/docs_definitions.py
+++ b/selfdrive/car/docs_definitions.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class CarInfo:
 
     footnotes = get_footnotes(self.footnotes, column)
     if footnotes is not None:
-      item += f"{', '.join(footnote_tag.format(self.all_footnotes[fn]) for fn in footnotes)}"
+      item += ", ".join(footnote_tag.format(self.all_footnotes[fn]) for fn in footnotes)
 
     return item