diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-filesystem.txt b/Documentation/btrfs-filesystem.txt
index 917a8333..654847ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/btrfs-filesystem.txt
+++ b/Documentation/btrfs-filesystem.txt
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ If the prefix + or - is present the size is increased or decreased
 by the quantity <size>.
 If no units are specified, the unit of the <size> parameter defaults to
 bytes. Optionally, the size parameter may be suffixed by one of the following
-units designators: \'K\', \'M\', \'G\', \'T\', \'P\', or \'E\', which represent
+units designators: \'K', \'M', \'G', \'T', \'P', or \'E', which represent
 KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, PiB, or EiB, respectively.
 
 +