diff --git a/docs/backup-client.rst b/docs/backup-client.rst
index fea791ad1..0b91c3535 100644
--- a/docs/backup-client.rst
+++ b/docs/backup-client.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Example                          User               Host:Port          Datastore
 mydatastore                      ``root@pam``       localhost:8007     mydatastore
 myhostname:mydatastore           ``root@pam``       myhostname:8007    mydatastore
 user@pbs@myhostname:mydatastore  ``user@pbs``       myhostname:8007    mydatastore
-user@pbs!token@host:store        ``user@pbs!token`` myhostname:8007    mydatastore
+user\@pbs!token@host:store       ``user@pbs!token`` myhostname:8007    mydatastore
 192.168.55.55:1234:mydatastore   ``root@pam``       192.168.55.55:1234 mydatastore
 [ff80::51]:mydatastore           ``root@pam``       [ff80::51]:8007    mydatastore
 [ff80::51]:1234:mydatastore      ``root@pam``       [ff80::51]:1234    mydatastore