diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/inflections.rb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/inflections.rb.tt
index ceb4902f3ca..3860f659ead 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/inflections.rb.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/inflections.rb.tt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # are locale specific, and you may define rules for as many different
 # locales as you wish. All of these examples are active by default:
 # ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections(:en) do |inflect|
-#   inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, "\1en"
-#   inflect.singular /^(ox)en/i, "\1"
+#   inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, "\\1en"
+#   inflect.singular /^(ox)en/i, "\\1"
 #   inflect.irregular "person", "people"
 #   inflect.uncountable %w( fish sheep )
 # end