diff --git a/pep-0498.txt b/pep-0498.txt
index 79d482946..836ca77bf 100644
--- a/pep-0498.txt
+++ b/pep-0498.txt
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Escape sequences
 
 Scanning an f-string for expressions happens after escape sequences
 are decoded. Because hex(ord('{')) == 0x7b, the f-string
-f'\u007b4*10}' is decoded to f'{4*10}', which evaluates as the integer
+f'\\u007b4*10}' is decoded to f'{4*10}', which evaluates as the integer
 40::
 
   >>> f'\u007b4*10}'