diff --git a/components/console/helpers/progressbar.rst b/components/console/helpers/progressbar.rst
index a242791eda3..fec1b8c127f 100644
--- a/components/console/helpers/progressbar.rst
+++ b/components/console/helpers/progressbar.rst
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ create your own. Let's see how you can create a ``remaining_steps`` placeholder
 that displays the number of remaining steps::
 
     ProgressBar::setPlaceholderFormatterDefinition(
-        '%remaining_steps%',
+        'remaining_steps',
         function (ProgressBar $bar, OutputInterface $output) {
             return $bar->getMaxSteps() - $bar->getStep();
         }