diff --git a/docs/reference/pip_install.rst b/docs/reference/pip_install.rst
index 7eb37e6a7..757cb1590 100644
--- a/docs/reference/pip_install.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/pip_install.rst
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Unix
 OS X
   :file:`~/Library/Caches/pip`.
 Windows
-  :file:`<CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA>\pip\Cache`
+  :file:`<CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA>\\pip\\Cache`
 
 
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