diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBTrace.h b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBTrace.h
index ce95595a423c9..d5368b234dd34 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBTrace.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBTrace.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class LLDB_API SBTrace {
   SBTraceCursor CreateNewCursor(SBError &error, SBThread &thread);
 
   /// Save the trace to the specified directory, which will be created if
-  /// needed. This will also create a file \a <directory>/trace.json with the
+  /// needed. This will also create a file <directory>/trace.json with the
   /// main properties of the trace session, along with others files which
   /// contain the actual trace data. The trace.json file can be used later as
   /// input for the "trace load" command to load the trace in LLDB, or for the