diff --git a/src/linkahead/apiutils.py b/src/linkahead/apiutils.py
index be6b2d823a43d3c55a24923e27fe8b9e5796e194..88687716d16343fd3d7fb2d10de32f75513bdab9 100644
--- a/src/linkahead/apiutils.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/apiutils.py
@@ -626,10 +626,10 @@ def _same_id_as_resolved_entity(this, that):
 
 
 def escape_quoted_text(text: str) -> str:
-    """The characters `\` and `*` need to be escaped if used in quoted expressions in the query
+    """The characters `\\` and `*` need to be escaped if used in quoted expressions in the query
     language.
 
-    This function return the given string where the characters `\` and `*` are escaped by a `\`.
+    This function return the given string where the characters `\\` and `*` are escaped by a `\\`.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
diff --git a/unittests/test_apiutils.py b/unittests/test_apiutils.py
index b9f5cd0f2def7eeaae491601ed47157dd2da7e2d..47d8e3e9f02bb010190213616195ecc91647dcf4 100644
--- a/unittests/test_apiutils.py
+++ b/unittests/test_apiutils.py
@@ -635,7 +635,6 @@ def test_merge_id_with_resolved_entity():
     assert recA.get_property(rtname).value == recB.get_property(rtname).value
 
 
-
 def test_escape_quoted_text():
     assert escape_quoted_text("bla") == "bla"
     assert escape_quoted_text("bl\\a") == "bl\\\\a"