diff --git a/doc/global/macros.qdocconf b/doc/global/macros.qdocconf
index 01dbd49ab27..529682c5143 100644
--- a/doc/global/macros.qdocconf
+++ b/doc/global/macros.qdocconf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ macro.QtVersion           = "$QT_VERSION"
 macro.QtVer               = "$QT_VER"
 macro.param               = "\\e"
 macro.raisedaster.HTML    = "<sup>*</sup>"
-macro.raisedaster.DocBook = "\\sup{*}"
+macro.raisedaster.DocBook = "<db:superscript>*</db:superscript>"
 macro.rarrow.HTML         = "&rarr;"
 macro.rarrow.DocBook      = "&#8594;"
 macro.reg.HTML            = "<sup>&reg;</sup>"