diff --git a/page/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-an-element-by-an-id-that-has-characters-used-in-css-notation.md b/page/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-an-element-by-an-id-that-has-characters-used-in-css-notation.md
index c29fcdd9..d21661a9 100644
--- a/page/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-an-element-by-an-id-that-has-characters-used-in-css-notation.md
+++ b/page/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-an-element-by-an-id-that-has-characters-used-in-css-notation.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The following function takes care of escaping these characters and places a "#"
 ```
 function jq( myid ) {
 
-	return "#" + myid.replace( /(:|\.|\[|\]|,)/g, "\\$1" );
+	return "#" + myid.replace( /(:|\.|\[|\]|,)/g, "\\\\$1" );
 
 }
 ```