diff --git a/qiskit_ibm_runtime/execution_span/__init__.py b/qiskit_ibm_runtime/execution_span/__init__.py
index b556ecb8c..2e747ea45 100644
--- a/qiskit_ibm_runtime/execution_span/__init__.py
+++ b/qiskit_ibm_runtime/execution_span/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 Overview
 ========
 
-An :class:`~.ExecutionSpans` class instance is an iterable of :class:`~.ExecutionSpan`\s, where 
+An :class:`~.ExecutionSpans` class instance is an iterable of :class:`~.ExecutionSpan`\\s, where 
 each iterand gives timing information about a chunk of data. Execution spans are returned as part 
 of the metadata of a primitive job result.