diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
index ba6b56eb..fecb4380 100644
--- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml
+++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
@@ -3510,7 +3510,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
             The set of optionally-escaped bytes is:
-            <literal>[-0-9A-Za-z_/.\]</literal>. To escape, each
+            <literal>[-0-9A-Za-z_/.\*]</literal>. To escape, each
             <emphasis>byte</emphasis> (note, not character) which is not in the
             set of optionally-escaped bytes must be replaced with an ASCII
             percent (<literal>%</literal>) and the value of the byte in hex.