diff --git a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/api/commands/HelpCommand.java b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/api/commands/HelpCommand.java
index 49f57407..29b1ab13 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/api/commands/HelpCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/api/commands/HelpCommand.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class HelpCommand extends Command {
SendMessage sendMessage = new SendMessage();
sendMessage.setChatId(chatId);
sendMessage.enableHtml(true);
- sendMessage.setText("" + registeredCommand.getCommandIdentifier() + "\n" + registeredCommand.getDescription());
+ sendMessage.setText("" + COMMAND_INIT_CHARACTER + registeredCommand.getCommandIdentifier() + "\n" + registeredCommand.getDescription());
try {
sendMessage(sendMessage);