diff --git a/modules/manage/pages/security/authorization/acl.adoc b/modules/manage/pages/security/authorization/acl.adoc
index 8b07dd841..da6f51f43 100644
--- a/modules/manage/pages/security/authorization/acl.adoc
+++ b/modules/manage/pages/security/authorization/acl.adoc
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ A resource is what an ACL allows or denies access to. There are four resources w
 
 Resources combine with the operation that is allowed or denied on that resource. By default, resources are specified on an exact name match (a "literal" match).
 
-Use the `--resource-pattern-type` flag to specify that a resource name is "prefixed", meaning to allow anything with the given prefix. A literal name of "foo" matches only the topic "foo", while the prefixed name of "foo-" matches both "foo-bar" and "foo-jazz". The special wildcard resource name '*' matches any name of the given resource type (`--topic` '*' matches all topics).
+Use the `--resource-pattern-type` flag to specify that a resource name is "prefixed", meaning to allow anything with the given prefix. A literal name of "foo" matches only the topic "foo", while the prefixed name of "foo-" matches both "foo-bar" and "foo-jazz". The special wildcard resource name '\*' matches any name of the given resource type (`--topic` '*' matches all topics).
 
 === Operations