diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index f292c2689e..6ba50b1104 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters
 and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character.
 
 A line that defines a value can be continued to the next line by
-ending it with a `\`; the backquote and the end-of-line are
+ending it with a `\`; the backslash and the end-of-line are
 stripped.  Leading whitespaces after 'name =', the remainder of the
 line after the first comment character '#' or ';', and trailing
 whitespaces of the line are discarded unless they are enclosed in