diff --git a/asyncpg/connection.py b/asyncpg/connection.py
index d294a861..44d9c7a7 100644
--- a/asyncpg/connection.py
+++ b/asyncpg/connection.py
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ async def copy_from_query(self, query, *args, output,
         :param str query:
             The query to copy the results of.
 
-        :param \*args:
+        :param args:
             Query arguments.
 
         :param output: