1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/texinfo.el b/lisp/textmodes/texinfo.el
index 16399bd9fd7..ff723a4fb94 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/texinfo.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/texinfo.el
@@ -596,9 +596,9 @@ value of `texinfo-mode-hook'."
   (setq-local require-final-newline mode-require-final-newline)
   (setq-local indent-tabs-mode nil)
   (setq-local paragraph-separate
-              (concat "\b\\|@[a-zA-Z]*[ \n]\\|"
+              (concat "@[a-zA-Z]*[ \n]\\|"
                       paragraph-separate))
-  (setq-local paragraph-start (concat "\b\\|@[a-zA-Z]*[ \n]\\|"
+  (setq-local paragraph-start (concat "@[a-zA-Z]*[ \n]\\|"
                                       paragraph-start))
   (setq-local sentence-end-base "\\(@\\(end\\)?dots{}\\|[.?!]\\)[]\"'”)}]*")
   (setq-local fill-column 70)