diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Check.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Check.md
index 95f0f7468..72a3a8db7 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Check.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Check.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ You can build your own custom checks with [add-on command scripts].
 See also [Cookbook > Scripting](scripting.html).
 Here are some examples from [hledger/bin/](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/tree/master/bin):
 
-- **hledger-check-tagfiles** - all tag values containing / (a forward slash) exist as file paths
+- **hledger-check-tagfiles** - all tag values containing `/` exist as file paths
 
 - **hledger-check-fancyassertions** - more complex balance assertions are passing