diff --git a/book-example/src/for_developers/preprocessors.md b/book-example/src/for_developers/preprocessors.md
index 4d952902..c935f2f4 100644
--- a/book-example/src/for_developers/preprocessors.md
+++ b/book-example/src/for_developers/preprocessors.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A *preprocessor* is simply a bit of code which gets run immediately after the
 book is loaded and before it gets rendered, allowing you to update and mutate
 the book. Possible use cases are:
 
-- Creating custom helpers like `{{#include /path/to/file.md}}`
+- Creating custom helpers like `\{{#include /path/to/file.md}}`
 - Updating links so `[some chapter](some_chapter.md)` is automatically changed 
   to `[some chapter](some_chapter.html)` for the HTML renderer
 - Substituting in latex-style expressions (`$$ \frac{1}{3} $$`) with their