ESCAPES(1)

NAME
escapes

backslashes before the asterisks, like this:
    \*literal asterisks\*

Markdown provides backslash escapes for the following characters:
    \   backslash
    `   backtick
    *   asterisk
    _   underscore
    {}  curly braces
    []  square brackets
    ()  parentheses
    #   hash mark
    +   plus sign
    -   minus sign (hyphen)
    .   dot
    !   exclamation mark