diff --git a/components/camel-jms/src/main/docs/jms-component.adoc b/components/camel-jms/src/main/docs/jms-component.adoc
index 5edb796b7c594..95ea0a1a92804 100644
--- a/components/camel-jms/src/main/docs/jms-component.adoc
+++ b/components/camel-jms/src/main/docs/jms-component.adoc
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ filename header for the File Component, and so on.
 The current header name strategy for accepting header names in Camel is
 as follows:
 
-* Dots are replaced by `_DOT_` and the replacement is reversed when
+* Dots are replaced by `\_DOT_` and the replacement is reversed when
 Camel consume the message
-* Hyphen is replaced by `_HYPHEN_` and the replacement is reversed when
+* Hyphen is replaced by `\_HYPHEN_` and the replacement is reversed when
 Camel consumes the message
 
 You can configure many different properties on the JMS endpoint, which