diff --git a/lib/textsearch.c b/lib/textsearch.c
index 4f16eec5d554..f68dea8806be 100644
--- a/lib/textsearch.c
+++ b/lib/textsearch.c
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@
  *       goto errout;
  *   }
  *
- *   pos = textsearch_find_continuous(conf, \&state, example, strlen(example));
+ *   pos = textsearch_find_continuous(conf, &state, example, strlen(example));
  *   if (pos != UINT_MAX)
- *       panic("Oh my god, dancing chickens at \%d\n", pos);
+ *       panic("Oh my god, dancing chickens at %d\n", pos);
  *
  *   textsearch_destroy(conf);
  */