diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index 59ac485e4..1afd0a197 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -4074,7 +4074,7 @@ class Archiver:
 
         It creates input data below the given PATH and backups this data into the given REPO.
         The REPO must already exist (it could be a fresh empty repo or an existing repo, the
-        command will create / read / update / delete some archives named borg-test-data* there.
+        command will create / read / update / delete some archives named borg-test-data\\* there.
 
         Make sure you have free space there, you'll need about 1GB each (+ overhead).