diff --git a/ui/src/components/collections/schema/SchemaFieldText.svelte b/ui/src/components/collections/schema/SchemaFieldText.svelte
index e9601be7d..4b5a2e41a 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/collections/schema/SchemaFieldText.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/components/collections/schema/SchemaFieldText.svelte
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                     <input
                         type="text"
                         id={uniqueId}
-                        placeholder={"Valid Go regular expression, eg. ^w+$"}
+                        placeholder={"Valid Go regular expression, eg. ^\w+$"}
                         bind:value={field.options.pattern}
                     />
                 </Field>