diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1dadfc6a6..3bada20ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Linter commands work on a subset of all staged files, defined by a _glob pattern
   * **`"!(*test).js"`**. will match all JS files, except those ending in `test.js`, so `foo.js` but not `foo.test.js`
 * If the glob pattern does contain a slash (`/`), it will match for paths as well:
   * **`"/*.js"`** will match all JS files in the git repo root, so `/test.js` but not `/foo/bar/test.js`
-  * **`"foo/**/\*.js"`** will match all JS files inside the`/foo`directory, so`/foo/bar/test.js`but not`/test.js`
+  * **`"foo/**/*.js"`** will match all JS files inside the`/foo`directory, so`/foo/bar/test.js`but not`/test.js`
 
 When matching, `lint-staged` will do the following