diff --git a/modules/bindings/pymod/clustalw.py b/modules/bindings/pymod/clustalw.py
index e9862d3e356f94734eaad98840636d1eed7e5de3..084fe8d3337acd235fcd6fe9453ac56af63292aa 100644
--- a/modules/bindings/pymod/clustalw.py
+++ b/modules/bindings/pymod/clustalw.py
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ def ClustalW(seq1, seq2=None, clustalw=None, keep_files=False, nopgap=False,
      I    isoleucine                 Y    tyrosine
      K    lysine                     Z    glutamate or glutamine
      L    leucine                    X    any
-     M    methionine                 *    translation stop
-     N    asparagine                 -    gap of indeterminate length
+     M    methionine                 \*   translation stop
+     N    asparagine                 \-   gap of indeterminate length
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   '''