diff --git a/pep-0426.txt b/pep-0426.txt
index 3241295d2..c0d9f6d4a 100644
--- a/pep-0426.txt
+++ b/pep-0426.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ identification scheme.
      the wheel metadata file from Key:Value to JSON)
    * an updated installation database PEP both for pydist.json (and possibly convert
      the wheel metadata file from Key:Value to JSON)
-   * an alternative to *.pth files that avoids system global side effects
+   * an alternative to \*.pth files that avoids system global side effects
      and better supports runtime selection of dependencies
    * a new static config PEP to standardise metadata generation and
      creation of sdists