diff --git a/emacs/rstdoc.el b/emacs/rstdoc.el
index c7c13015..5b8a9d01 100644
--- a/emacs/rstdoc.el
+++ b/emacs/rstdoc.el
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
      ("`" . "\\\\`")
      ("\001" . "'")
      ("\002" . "`")
+     ("[*]" . "\\\\*")
      ("^[[:space:]]*$" . "|br|")
      ("^[[:space:]]" . "|indent| "))
     "list of (regex . replacement) pairs")