diff --git a/include/SDL3/SDL_filesystem.h b/include/SDL3/SDL_filesystem.h
index 8e79fcec86..8bc2356e9f 100644
--- a/include/SDL3/SDL_filesystem.h
+++ b/include/SDL3/SDL_filesystem.h
@@ -425,10 +425,10 @@ extern SDL_DECLSPEC bool SDLCALL SDL_GetPathInfo(const char *path, SDL_PathInfo
  * Enumerate a directory tree, filtered by pattern, and return a list.
  *
  * Files are filtered out if they don't match the string in `pattern`, which
- * may contain wildcard characters '*' (match everything) and '?' (match one
+ * may contain wildcard characters '\*' (match everything) and '?' (match one
  * character). If pattern is NULL, no filtering is done and all results are
  * returned. Subdirectories are permitted, and are specified with a path
- * separator of '/'. Wildcard characters '*' and '?' never match a path
+ * separator of '/'. Wildcard characters '\*' and '?' never match a path
  * separator.
  *
  * `flags` may be set to SDL_GLOB_CASEINSENSITIVE to make the pattern matching