diff --git a/docs/src/man/syntax.md b/docs/src/man/syntax.md
index e1949e34b..624c02b93 100644
--- a/docs/src/man/syntax.md
+++ b/docs/src/man/syntax.md
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ using Statistics
 temps = (15, 15, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 12, 10, 24)
 println("The _average_ temperature is **$(mean(temps))°C**.")
 ```
-\\textoutput{./code_pg1/ex2}
+\textoutput{./code_pg1/ex2}
 `````
 
 Which will appear as just: