diff --git a/doc/en/how-to/usage.rst b/doc/en/how-to/usage.rst
index 3522b258d..f094c2560 100644
--- a/doc/en/how-to/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/en/how-to/usage.rst
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@ Pytest supports several ways to run and select tests from the command-line.
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    pytest -k "MyClass and not method"
+    pytest -k 'MyClass and not method'
 
 This will run tests which contain names that match the given *string expression* (case-insensitive),
 which can include Python operators that use filenames, class names and function names as variables.
 The example above will run ``TestMyClass.test_something``  but not ``TestMyClass.test_method_simple``.
+For the default windowns terminal ``cmd.exe`` you should use double quotes i.e. ``"``. For all other
+shells ``'`` is preferred.
 
 .. _nodeids: