diff --git a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
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--- a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
+++ b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ You can choose not to yield and build the response yourself, in which case the a
 
 While the most common way to use filters is by creating private methods and using *_action to add them, there are two other ways to do the same thing.
 
-The first is to use a block directly with the *_action methods. The block receives the controller as an argument, and the `require_login` filter from above could be rewritten to use a block:
+The first is to use a block directly with the *\_action methods. The block receives the controller as an argument, and the `require_login` filter from above could be rewritten to use a block:
 
 ```ruby
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base