1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/comint.el b/lisp/comint.el
index feb0bb83de3..57281181ae9 100644
--- a/lisp/comint.el
+++ b/lisp/comint.el
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ wish to put something like the following in your `.emacs' file:
 
 \(add-hook 'comint-mode-hook
           (lambda ()
-            (define-key comint-mode-map \"\C-w\" 'comint-kill-region)
+            (define-key comint-mode-map \"\\C-w\" 'comint-kill-region)
             (define-key comint-mode-map [C-S-backspace]
               'comint-kill-whole-line)))