diff --git a/components/filesystem.rst b/components/filesystem.rst
index 091c42c5df3..83f9c59de3f 100644
--- a/components/filesystem.rst
+++ b/components/filesystem.rst
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ following rules iteratively until no further processing can be done:
 
 - "." segments are removed;
 - ".." segments are resolved;
-- backslashes ("\") are converted into forward slashes ("/");
+- backslashes ("\\") are converted into forward slashes ("/");
 - root paths ("/" and "C:/") always terminate with a slash;
 - non-root paths never terminate with a slash;
 - schemes (such as "phar://") are kept;