diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH.3
index 24f38635e3..5943e624e0 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH.3
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ right bracket and matches exactly one character. Some examples follow:
 \fB[][-!^]\fP - special case \- matches only '\-', ']', '[', '!' or '^'. These
 characters have no special purpose.
 
-\fB[\\[\\]\\\\]\fP - escape syntax. Matches '[', ']' or '\\'.
+\fB[\\[\\]\\\\]\fP - escape syntax. Matches '[', ']' or '\e'.
 
 Using the rules above, a file name pattern can be constructed: