diff --git a/docs/content/filtering.md b/docs/content/filtering.md
index 6c9fc8c27..db16cf7cc 100644
--- a/docs/content/filtering.md
+++ b/docs/content/filtering.md
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ processed in.
 E.g. `rclone ls remote: --exclude *.bak` excludes all .bak files
 from listing.
 
-E.g. `rclone size remote: "--exclude /dir/**"` returns the total size of
+E.g. `rclone size remote: --exclude "/dir/**"` returns the total size of
 all files on `remote:` excluding those in root directory `dir` and sub
 directories.