diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_annex_won__39__t_copy_files_to_my_usb_drive/comment_6_e40d88eba7d8aec1530ce1d32d1c85f2._comment b/doc/bugs/git_annex_won__39__t_copy_files_to_my_usb_drive/comment_6_e40d88eba7d8aec1530ce1d32d1c85f2._comment
index f61c772eb4..830a1c6310 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/git_annex_won__39__t_copy_files_to_my_usb_drive/comment_6_e40d88eba7d8aec1530ce1d32d1c85f2._comment
+++ b/doc/bugs/git_annex_won__39__t_copy_files_to_my_usb_drive/comment_6_e40d88eba7d8aec1530ce1d32d1c85f2._comment
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  date="2013-02-26T17:20:13Z"
  content="""
 The recent switch to using the Glob library seems to be responsible for this problem. It seems that
-with Glob, \"*\" matches \"foo\", but not \"directory/foo\", so the \"*\" in preferred content for backup repositories matches only files in the top directory!
+with Glob, \"\*\" matches \"foo\", but not \"directory/foo\", so the \"\*\" in preferred content for backup repositories matches only files in the top directory!
 
 Writing test cases and fixing this now.
 """]]