diff --git a/doc/users/mathtext.rst b/doc/users/mathtext.rst
index 7c005044b40..e34f574d9e8 100644
--- a/doc/users/mathtext.rst
+++ b/doc/users/mathtext.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ produces ":math:`\alpha > \beta`".
    single dollar sign is present in the entire string, it will be
    displayed verbatim as a dollar sign.  This is a small change from
    regular TeX, where the dollar sign in non-math text would have to
-   be escaped ('\$').
+   be escaped ('\\\$').
 
 .. note::
    While the syntax inside the pair of dollar signs ($) aims to be