diff --git a/yamllint/rules/quoted_strings.py b/yamllint/rules/quoted_strings.py
index dbc2e463..fb0d85c9 100644
--- a/yamllint/rules/quoted_strings.py
+++ b/yamllint/rules/quoted_strings.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
    the following code snippet would **PASS**:
    ::
 
-    foo: "bar\"baz"
+    foo: "bar\\"baz"
 
    the following code snippet would **FAIL**:
    ::