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@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ re.split(<regex>, text, maxsplit=0)  # Use brackets in regex to keep the matches
 **'Search' and 'match' functions return a 'Match' object. Use '.group()' method on it to get the match.**  
 **Parameter 'flags=re.IGNORECASE' can be used with all functions.**  
 **Parameter 'flags=re.DOTALL' makes dot also accept newline.**  
-**Use '\\1' or r'\1' for backreference.**  
+**Use '\\\\1' or r'\1' for backreference.**  
 
 #### Special Sequences:
 ```python