diff --git a/docs/syntax/flowchart.md b/docs/syntax/flowchart.md
index 92678fb6e..97c0113bf 100644
--- a/docs/syntax/flowchart.md
+++ b/docs/syntax/flowchart.md
@@ -605,15 +605,16 @@ flowchart LR
 ### Entity codes to escape characters
 
 It is possible to escape characters using the syntax exemplified here.
+For quotation marks, you can escape them with a backslash.
 
 ```mermaid-example
     flowchart LR
-        A["A double quote:#quot;"] -->B["A dec char:#9829;"]
+        A["A double quote:\""] -->B["A dec char:#9829;"]
 ```
 
 ```mermaid
     flowchart LR
-        A["A double quote:#quot;"] -->B["A dec char:#9829;"]
+        A["A double quote:\""] -->B["A dec char:#9829;"]
 ```
 
 Numbers given are base 10, so `#` can be encoded as `#35;`. It is also supported to use HTML character names.
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/flowchart.md b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/flowchart.md
index 2e3d78c30..2a3c003b2 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/flowchart.md
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/flowchart.md
@@ -387,10 +387,11 @@ flowchart LR
 ### Entity codes to escape characters
 
 It is possible to escape characters using the syntax exemplified here.
+For quotation marks, you can escape them with a backslash.
 
 ```mermaid-example
     flowchart LR
-        A["A double quote:#quot;"] -->B["A dec char:#9829;"]
+        A["A double quote:\""] -->B["A dec char:#9829;"]
 ```
 
 Numbers given are base 10, so `#` can be encoded as `#35;`. It is also supported to use HTML character names.