diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/regex.tex b/docs/latex/wx/regex.tex
index 6dbf402bd8..19a98ccf71 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/regex.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/regex.tex
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ enum
 Flags for regex matching to be used with \helpref{Matches()}{wxregexmatches}.
 
 These flags are mainly useful when doing several matches in a long string
-to prevent erroneous matches for {\tt '\^'} and {\tt '\$'}
+to prevent erroneous matches for \verb|'^'| and \verb|'$'|
 \begin{verbatim}
 enum
 {