diff --git a/src/gcal-event.c b/src/gcal-event.c
index b6dfb9d2..a9d0a7d7 100644
--- a/src/gcal-event.c
+++ b/src/gcal-event.c
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ gcal_event_set_timezone (GcalEvent *self,
  * @self: a #GcalEvent
  *
  * Retrieves the unique identifier of the event. The UID
- * consists of '<source id>:<event id>:<recurrency id>'.
+ * consists of '[source id]:[event id]:[recurrency id]'.
  * If there's no recurrency assigned, the last field is
  * ignored.
  *