diff --git a/gst/sdp/gstsdpdemux.c b/gst/sdp/gstsdpdemux.c
index 900379d559..d2a1fa3285 100644
--- a/gst/sdp/gstsdpdemux.c
+++ b/gst/sdp/gstsdpdemux.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * SECTION:element-sdpdemux
  *
  * sdpdemux currently understands SDP as the input format of the session description.
- * For each stream listed in the SDP a new stream_%u pad will be created
+ * For each stream listed in the SDP a new stream_\%u pad will be created
  * with caps derived from the SDP media description. This is a caps of mime type
  * "application/x-rtp" that can be connected to any available RTP depayloader
  * element.