diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
index 8fec5872..c6b7c938 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ working copy as a cache.
 This repository implementation maps the `{label}` parameter of the
 HTTP resource to a git label (commit id, branch name or tag). If the
 git branch or tag name contains a slash ("/") then the label in the
-HTTP URL should be specified with the special string "(_)" instead (to
+HTTP URL should be specified with the special string "(\_)" instead (to
 avoid ambiguity with other URL paths).  For example, if the label is 
 `foo/bar`, replacing the slash would result in a label that looks like 
 `foo(_)bar`.  Be careful with the brackets in