diff --git a/aio/src/styles/0-base/_typography.scss b/aio/src/styles/0-base/_typography.scss
index 5a1b50e61d..20619f775e 100755
--- a/aio/src/styles/0-base/_typography.scss
+++ b/aio/src/styles/0-base/_typography.scss
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ code {
         margin-left: 2px;
         position: relative;
         @include line-height(24);
-        vertical-align: bottom; 
+        vertical-align: middle;
       }
     }