diff --git a/modules/installed/help/templates/help.html b/modules/installed/help/templates/help.html
index 1a259891b..17aaedea4 100644
--- a/modules/installed/help/templates/help.html
+++ b/modules/installed/help/templates/help.html
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ section of the Debian wiki</a> is devoted to the {{ cfg.box_name }}.
 At some point the documentation in the wiki and the documentation in
 the manual should dovetail.</p>
 
-<p>There are Debian gurus in the \#debian channels of both
+<p>There are Debian gurus in the #debian channels of both
 irc.freenode.net and irc.oftc.net.  They probably don't know much
 about the {{ cfg.box_name }} and almost surely know nothing of this
 front end, but they are an incredible resource for general Debian