diff --git a/docs/advanced-hyperopt.md b/docs/advanced-hyperopt.md
index c86978b80..35fd3de4a 100644
--- a/docs/advanced-hyperopt.md
+++ b/docs/advanced-hyperopt.md
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ Given the following result from hyperopt:
 ```
 Best result:
 
-    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722Σ%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
+    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
 
 Buy hyperspace params:
 {    'adx-value': 44,
diff --git a/docs/hyperopt.md b/docs/hyperopt.md
index b3fdc699b..1c95d84c9 100644
--- a/docs/hyperopt.md
+++ b/docs/hyperopt.md
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ Given the following result from hyperopt:
 ```
 Best result:
 
-    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722Σ%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
+    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
 
     # Buy hyperspace params:
     buy_params = {
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ If you are optimizing ROI (i.e. if optimization search-space contains 'all', 'de
 ```
 Best result:
 
-    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722Σ%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
+    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
 
     # ROI table:
     minimal_roi = {
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ If you are optimizing stoploss values (i.e. if optimization search-space contain
 ```
 Best result:
 
-    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722Σ%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
+    44/100:    135 trades. Avg profit  0.57%. Total profit  0.03871918 BTC (0.7722%). Avg duration 180.4 mins. Objective: 1.94367
 
     # Buy hyperspace params:
     buy_params = {
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ If you are optimizing trailing stop values (i.e. if optimization search-space co
 ```
 Best result:
 
-    45/100:    606 trades. Avg profit  1.04%. Total profit  0.31555614 BTC ( 630.48Σ%). Avg duration 150.3 mins. Objective: -1.10161
+    45/100:    606 trades. Avg profit  1.04%. Total profit  0.31555614 BTC ( 630.48%). Avg duration 150.3 mins. Objective: -1.10161
 
     # Trailing stop:
     trailing_stop = True
diff --git a/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py b/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py
index 6f899aba6..9af3710a3 100644
--- a/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py
+++ b/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ class Hyperopt:
                 f"Avg profit {results_metrics['avg_profit']: 6.2f}%. "
                 f"Median profit {results_metrics['median_profit']: 6.2f}%. "
                 f"Total profit {results_metrics['total_profit']: 11.8f} {stake_cur} "
-                f"({results_metrics['profit']: 7.2f}\N{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA}%). "
+                f"({results_metrics['profit']: 7.2f}%). "
                 f"Avg duration {results_metrics['duration']:5.1f} min."
                 )
 
diff --git a/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py b/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py
index 637623e7d..7cb04fae0 100644
--- a/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py
+++ b/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ def test_generate_optimizer(mocker, hyperopt_conf) -> None:
         'loss': 1.9840569076926293,
         'results_explanation': ('     1 trades. 1/0/0 Wins/Draws/Losses. '
                                 'Avg profit   2.31%. Median profit   2.31%. Total profit  '
-                                '0.00023300 BTC (   2.31\N{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA}%). '
+                                '0.00023300 BTC (   2.31%). '
                                 'Avg duration 100.0 min.'
                                 ),
         'params_details': {'buy': {'adx-enabled': False,