diff --git a/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.rst b/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.rst
index fefeff30af2826f8d976d24a1a6d37bdc1771391..29dce2d45d392710bb85b14f756ee3540fd07578 100644
--- a/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.rst
+++ b/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.rst
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ the configuration (without a prefix: ``Auto``).
 
 **DerivePointerAlignment** (``bool``)
   If ``true``, analyze the formatted file for the most common
-  alignment of & and *. ``PointerAlignment`` is then used only as fallback.
+  alignment of & and \*. ``PointerAlignment`` is then used only as fallback.
 
 **DisableFormat** (``bool``)
   Disables formatting at all.