diff --git a/lib/options.nix b/lib/options.nix
index d5006365e54..38f4f1329f2 100644
--- a/lib/options.nix
+++ b/lib/options.nix
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ rec {
 
      Example:
        (showOption ["foo" "bar" "baz"]) == "foo.bar.baz"
-       (showOption ["foo" "bar.baz" "tux"]) == "foo.\"bar.baz\".tux"
+       (showOption ["foo" "bar.baz" "tux"]) == "foo.bar.baz.tux"
 
      Placeholders will not be quoted as they are not actual values:
        (showOption ["foo" "*" "bar"]) == "foo.*.bar"