diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/function.tex b/docs/latex/wx/function.tex
index d7c5913610..4fbdb2f611 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/function.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/function.tex
@@ -1098,8 +1098,8 @@ supported (Unix) and doesn't have effect for the other ones.
 
 \func{int}{wxParseWildcard}{\param{const wxString\& }{wildCard}, \param{wxArrayString\& }{descriptions}, \param{wxArrayString\& }{filters}}
 
-Parses the wildCard, returning the number of filters.
-Returns 0 if none or if there's a problem,
+Parses the {\it wildCard}, returning the number of filters.
+Returns 0 if none or if there's a problem.
 The arrays will contain an equal number of items found before the error.
 {\it wildCard} is in the form:
 \begin{verbatim}