diff --git a/docs/_scripts/generate_api_reference_links.py b/docs/_scripts/generate_api_reference_links.py
index 29cac214f..1d65516dd 100644
--- a/docs/_scripts/generate_api_reference_links.py
+++ b/docs/_scripts/generate_api_reference_links.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def update_markdown_with_imports(markdown: str, path: str) -> str:
             f'<a href="{imp["docs"]}">{imp["imported"]}</a>' for imp in imports
         )
         # Return the code block with prepended API reference links
-        return f"{indent}<sup><i>API: {api_links}</i></sup>\n\n{original_code_block}"
+        return f"{indent}<sup><i>API Reference: {api_links}</i></sup>\n\n{original_code_block}"
 
     # Apply the replace_code_block function to all matches in the markdown
     updated_markdown = code_block_pattern.sub(replace_code_block, markdown)
diff --git a/docs/tests/unit_tests/test_api_reference.py b/docs/tests/unit_tests/test_api_reference.py
index f3313d09f..1eaf6e132 100644
--- a/docs/tests/unit_tests/test_api_reference.py
+++ b/docs/tests/unit_tests/test_api_reference.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from langgraph.types import interrupt
 """
 
 EXPECTED_MARKDOWN = """\
-API Reference: <a href="https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/reference/types/#langgraph.types.interrupt">interrupt</a>
+<sup><i>API Reference: <a href="https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/reference/types/#langgraph.types.interrupt">interrupt</a></i></sup>
 
 ```python
 from langgraph.types import interrupt