diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/fqdn_rand_string.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/fqdn_rand_string.rb
index e9c7f9ed0..9bfba73d6 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/fqdn_rand_string.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/fqdn_rand_string.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
   @example Example Usage:
     fqdn_rand_string(10)
-    fqdn_rand_string(10, 'ABCDEF!@#$%^')
+    fqdn_rand_string(10, 'ABCDEF!@$%^')
     fqdn_rand_string(10, '', 'custom seed')
   DOC
 ) do |args|