diff --git a/vignettes/regular-expressions.Rmd b/vignettes/regular-expressions.Rmd
index 9bb62870..eb032616 100644
--- a/vignettes/regular-expressions.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/regular-expressions.Rmd
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ You can also create your own __character classes__ using `[]`:
 * `[a-z]`: matches every character between a and z 
    (in Unicode code point order).
 * `[^abc]`: matches anything except a, b, or c.
-* `[\^\-]`: matches `-` or `\`.
+* `[\^\-]`: matches `-` or `^`.
 
 There are a number of pre-built classes that you can use inside `[]`: