diff --git a/src/calibre/manual/template_lang.rst b/src/calibre/manual/template_lang.rst
index 2d7aa763c7..b731dfe26e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/manual/template_lang.rst
+++ b/src/calibre/manual/template_lang.rst
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ If a particular book does not have a particular piece of metadata, the field in
 
 If a book has a series, the template will produce::
 
-    {Asimov, Isaac}/Foundation/Second Foundation - 3
+    Asimov, Isaac/Foundation/Second Foundation 3
 
 and if a book does not have a series::
 
-    {Asimov, Isaac}/Second Foundation
+    Asimov, Isaac/Second Foundation
 
 (|app| automatically removes multiple slashes and leading or trailing spaces).