diff --git a/source/How-To-Guides/Launch-files-migration-guide.rst b/source/How-To-Guides/Launch-files-migration-guide.rst
index 3d7976a65e..23f608003b 100644
--- a/source/How-To-Guides/Launch-files-migration-guide.rst
+++ b/source/How-To-Guides/Launch-files-migration-guide.rst
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ There are, however, some changes w.r.t. ROS 1:
 * There is a new ``find-exec`` substitution.
 * ``arg`` has been replaced with ``var``.
   It looks at configurations defined either with ``arg`` or ``let`` tag.
-* ``eval`` and ``dirname`` substitutions require escape characters for string values, e.g. ``if="$(eval 'variable == \'val1\'')"``.
+* ``eval`` and ``dirname`` substitutions require escape characters for string values, e.g. ``if="$(eval '\'$(var variable)\' == \'val1\'')"``.
 * ``anon`` substitution is not supported.
 
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