diff --git a/sdk-api-src/content/shlobj_core/nf-shlobj_core-pathcleanupspec.md b/sdk-api-src/content/shlobj_core/nf-shlobj_core-pathcleanupspec.md
index 3294fbf7e7ba..114f358952e7 100644
--- a/sdk-api-src/content/shlobj_core/nf-shlobj_core-pathcleanupspec.md
+++ b/sdk-api-src/content/shlobj_core/nf-shlobj_core-pathcleanupspec.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ This value can be <b>NULL</b>.
 
 Type: <b>PWSTR</b>
 
-A pointer to a null-terminated buffer that contains the file or directory name to be cleaned. In the case of a file, include the file's extension. Note that because '\' is considered an invalid character and will be removed, this buffer cannot contain a path more than one directory deep.
+A pointer to a null-terminated buffer that contains the file or directory name to be cleaned. In the case of a file, include the file's extension. Note that because '\\' is considered an invalid character and will be removed, this buffer cannot contain a path more than one directory deep.