1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index 55a4ba0abd4..3bd301f0e38 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ DEFUN ("string-to-syntax", Fstring_to_syntax, Sstring_to_syntax, 1, 1, 0,
        doc: /* Convert a syntax descriptor STRING into a raw syntax descriptor.
 STRING should be a string of the form allowed as argument of
 `modify-syntax-entry'.  The return value is a raw syntax descriptor: a
-cons cell \(CODE . MATCHING-CHAR) which can be used, for example, as
+cons cell (CODE . MATCHING-CHAR) which can be used, for example, as
 the value of a `syntax-table' text property.  */)
   (Lisp_Object string)
 {