diff --git a/doc/pages/regex.asciidoc b/doc/pages/regex.asciidoc
index 6c1a5ee7..b7fd5391 100644
--- a/doc/pages/regex.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pages/regex.asciidoc
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ class is negated, meaning that it matches every character not specified
 in the character class.
 
 Literals match themselves, including syntax characters, so `^`
-does not need to be escaped in a character class. `[*+]` matches both
-the `*` character and the `+` character. Literal escape sequences are
+does not need to be escaped in a character class. `[\*+]` matches both
+the `\*` character and the `+` character. Literal escape sequences are
 supported, so `[\n\r]` matches both the line feed and carriage return
 characters.