diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/release.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/release.py
index 2573a79af3c7429ab0fca8436ce6a8fcc1c891b4..87e1ca97711be9402ee21598ec154200de49a996 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/release.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/release.py
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ Examples:
 @verbosity_option()
 @bdt.raise_on_error
 def release(changelog, group, package, resume, dry_run):
-    """\b
-    Tags packages on gitlab from an input CHANGELOG in markdown formatting
+    """Tags packages on gitlab from an input CHANGELOG in markdown formatting
 
     By using a CHANGELOG file as an input (that can be generated with the ``bdt
     changelog`` command), this script goes through all packages in CHANGELOG