diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/search_query_parser.py b/src/calibre/utils/search_query_parser.py
index 262b870e6e..c83b47483e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/search_query_parser.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/search_query_parser.py
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ class Tester(SearchQueryParser):
              'S\\"calzi': {343},
              'author:S\\"calzi': {343},
              '"S\\"calzi"': {343},
-             'M\\\\cMurty': {427},
+             'M\\\\cMurtry': {427},
              }
     fields = {'title':0, 'author':1, 'publisher':2, 'tag':3}