diff --git a/otc_doc_convertor/convertor.py b/otc_doc_convertor/convertor.py
index c16ca1c79..c1de1e440 100644
--- a/otc_doc_convertor/convertor.py
+++ b/otc_doc_convertor/convertor.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class OTCDocConvertor:
         # escapings above
         # 2. we are not escaping asterisks at the end of the paragraphs (pandoc
         # deals correctly with that)
-        re_escape = re.compile(r"([-:/'\"<\([{])(\*+)(.+)")
+        re_escape = re.compile(r"([-:/'\"<\([{])(\*+)(.)")
         for p in soup.body.find_all(string=re_escape):
             if p.string and p.parent.name == "p":
                 p.string.replace_with(