diff --git a/Doc/lib/emailheaders.tex b/Doc/lib/emailheaders.tex
index d4bbeb85841..b29b9419e5b 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/emailheaders.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/emailheaders.tex
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Here's an example:
 \begin{verbatim}
 >>> from email.Header import decode_header
 >>> decode_header('=?iso-8859-1?q?p=F6stal?=')
-[('p\\xf6stal', 'iso-8859-1')]
+[('p\xf6stal', 'iso-8859-1')]
 \end{verbatim}
 \end{funcdesc}