diff --git a/lib/toc.js b/lib/toc.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/toc.js
+++ b/lib/toc.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module.exports = function (source, options) {
             cache[href] = 1;
         }
 
-        var tocElem = '* [' + header.text.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\') + '](#' + href + ')' + EOL,
+        var tocElem = '- [' + header.text.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\') + '](#' + href + ')' + EOL,
             indent = utils.getIndent(usedHeaders, header.depth);
 
         usedHeaders.unshift({
Use 'hyphen' instead of 'asterisk' in the generated TOC