diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/SearchEngine.py b/Lib/idlelib/SearchEngine.py
index 2118cd3..963dfd3 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/SearchEngine.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/SearchEngine.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
 
     This is done by searching forwards until there is no match.
     Prog: compiled re object with a search method returning a match.
-    Chars: line of text, without \n.
+    Chars: line of text, without \\n.
     Col: stop index for the search; the limit for match.end().
     '''
     m = prog.search(chars)