diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplots.jl b/src/backends/pgfplots.jl
index 12ae3c0a..616401c7 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplots.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplots.jl
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ const _pgfplots_markers = KW(
     :xcross => "x",
     :utriangle => "triangle*",
     :dtriangle => "triangle*",
-    :ellipse => "o*",
+    :ellipse => "*",
     :rect => "square*",
     :star5 => "star",
     :star6 => "asterisk",