diff --git a/elements/centos7/README.rst b/elements/centos7/README.rst
index 4adb4f1d9..f4e0a2b0a 100644
--- a/elements/centos7/README.rst
+++ b/elements/centos7/README.rst
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:
    :Description: To use a CentOS Yum mirror, set this variable to the mirror URL
                  before running bin/disk-image-create. This URL should point to
                  the directory containing the ``5/6/7`` directories.
-   :Example: ``DIB\_DISTRIBUTION\_MIRROR=http://amirror.com/centos``
+   :Example: ``DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=http://amirror.com/centos``