diff --git a/discord/utils.py b/discord/utils.py
index 5c8e4960e..775907ff6 100644
--- a/discord/utils.py
+++ b/discord/utils.py
@@ -492,8 +492,8 @@ def escape_markdown(text, *, as_needed=False, ignore_links=True):
     as_needed: :class:`bool`
         Whether to escape the markdown characters as needed. This
         means that it does not escape extraneous characters if it's
-        not necessary, e.g. ``**hello**`` is escaped into ``**hello**``
-        instead of ``**hello**``. Note however that this can open
+        not necessary, e.g. ``**hello**`` is escaped into ``\*\*hello**``
+        instead of ``\*\*hello\*\*``. Note however that this can open
         you up to some clever syntax abuse. Defaults to ``False``.
     ignore_links: :class:`bool`
         Whether to leave links alone when escaping markdown. For example,