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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
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+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/regexp-opt.el
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ If LAX non-nil, don't output parentheses if it doesn't require them.
Merges keywords to avoid backtracking in Emacs's regexp matcher."
;; The basic idea is to find the shortest common prefix or suffix, remove it
;; and recurse. If there is no prefix, we divide the list into two so that
- ;; \(at least) one half will have at least a one-character common prefix.
+ ;; (at least) one half will have at least a one-character common prefix.
;; Also we delay the addition of grouping parenthesis as long as possible
;; until we're sure we need them, and try to remove one-character sequences