diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01c31c3..951e739 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ permanently by another cause) when they expire.
 
 /ps create <name> <description> <permission,permission> <cost> <duration> - Creates a new permission sign. The name is
 used to describe what the permission sign does, and is displayed on the sign. The description is used to describe what
-the permission sign does, but without any limit on the length (use "\_" between words, like: This\_is\_a\_sentence). The
-permission,permission is the list of comma-separated permissions the permission sign will grant to the using player. The
-cost is the cost to use the permission sign. The duration is the number of seconds the player should keep the permission
-for. Use 0 for permanent.
+the permission sign does, but without any limit on the length (use "_" between words, like: This_is_a_sentence). To use
+actual underscores, escape them like "\_". The permission,permission is the list of comma-separated permissions the
+permission sign will grant to the using player. The cost is the cost to use the permission sign. The duration is the
+number of seconds the player should keep the permission for. Use 0 for permanent.
 
 #### The create command permission list
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/permissionsigns/command/CreateCommand.java b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/permissionsigns/command/CreateCommand.java
index 88a087a..60b7710 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/permissionsigns/command/CreateCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/permissionsigns/command/CreateCommand.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class CreateCommand implements CommandExecutor {
      */
     private PermissionSign parseSign(@NotNull CommandSender sender, @NotNull String[] args) {
         String name = args[0];
-        String description = args[1].replaceAll("\\\\_", " ");
+        String description = replaceUnderscoresWithSpaces(args[1]);
         String[] permissions = args[2].replaceAll("\\?", " ").split(",");
         for (String permission : permissions) {
             if (permission.contains(":")) {
@@ -93,4 +93,20 @@ public class CreateCommand implements CommandExecutor {
         return new PermissionSign(name, description, List.of(permissions), duration, cost);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Replaces underscores with spaces in the given description
+     *
+     * <p>This basically replaces all underscores with spaces, but keeps escaped underscores (\_) as underscores.</p>
+     *
+     * @param description <p>The description to replace underscores in</p>
+     * @return <p>The string with underscores replaced</p>
+     */
+    private String replaceUnderscoresWithSpaces(String description) {
+        String temporaryString = "\\|ESCAPED-UNDERSCORE\\|";
+        description = description.replaceAll("\\\\_", temporaryString);
+        description = description.replaceAll("_", " ");
+        description = description.replaceAll(temporaryString, "_");
+        return description;
+    }
+
 }