diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/salesforce.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/salesforce.py
index 6d52646f85d0a7..35af541c9e5326 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/salesforce.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/salesforce.py
@@ -573,10 +573,15 @@ def _get_schema_field(
 
         fieldTags: List[str] = self.get_field_tags(fieldName, field)
 
+        description = self._get_field_description(field, customField)
+
+        # escaping string starting with `#`
+        description = "\\" + description if description.startswith("#") else description
+
         schemaField = SchemaFieldClass(
             fieldPath=fieldPath,
             type=SchemaFieldDataTypeClass(type=TypeClass()),  # type:ignore
-            description=self._get_field_description(field, customField),
+            description=description,
             # nativeDataType is set to data type shown on salesforce user interface,
             # not the corresponding API data type names.
             nativeDataType=field["FieldDefinition"]["DataType"],
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/salesforce/mock_files/account_fields_soql_response.json b/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/salesforce/mock_files/account_fields_soql_response.json
index 947761b8c79a0f..138c5743235888 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/salesforce/mock_files/account_fields_soql_response.json
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/salesforce/mock_files/account_fields_soql_response.json
@@ -2508,6 +2508,74 @@
             },
             "RelationshipName": null,
             "IsNillable": true
+        },
+        {
+            "attributes": {
+                "type": "EntityParticle",
+                "url": "/services/data/v54.0/tooling/sobjects/EntityParticle/Account.Unique_Account"
+            },
+            "QualifiedApiName": "Unique_Account",
+            "DeveloperName": "Unique_Account",
+            "Label": "# Unique_Account",
+            "FieldDefinition": {
+                "attributes": {
+                    "type": "FieldDefinition",
+                    "url": "/services/data/v54.0/tooling/sobjects/FieldDefinition/Account.Unique_Account"
+                },
+                "DataType": "Text(80)",
+                "LastModifiedDate": null,
+                "LastModifiedBy": null,
+                "IsIndexed": false,
+                "ComplianceGroup": null,
+                "SecurityClassification": null
+            },
+            "DataType": "string",
+            "Precision": 0,
+            "Scale": 0,
+            "Length": 80,
+            "Digits": 0,
+            "IsUnique": false,
+            "IsCompound": false,
+            "IsComponent": false,
+            "ReferenceTo": {
+                "referenceTo": null
+            },
+            "RelationshipName": null,
+            "IsNillable": true
+        },
+        {
+            "attributes": {
+                "type": "EntityParticle",
+                "url": "/services/data/v54.0/tooling/sobjects/EntityParticle/Account.Unique_Number"
+            },
+            "QualifiedApiName": "Unique_Number",
+            "DeveloperName": "Unique_Account",
+            "Label": "#Unique_Number",
+            "FieldDefinition": {
+                "attributes": {
+                    "type": "FieldDefinition",
+                    "url": "/services/data/v54.0/tooling/sobjects/FieldDefinition/Account.Unique_Number"
+                },
+                "DataType": "Text(80)",
+                "LastModifiedDate": null,
+                "LastModifiedBy": null,
+                "IsIndexed": false,
+                "ComplianceGroup": null,
+                "SecurityClassification": null
+            },
+            "DataType": "string",
+            "Precision": 0,
+            "Scale": 0,
+            "Length": 80,
+            "Digits": 0,
+            "IsUnique": false,
+            "IsCompound": false,
+            "IsComponent": false,
+            "ReferenceTo": {
+                "referenceTo": null
+            },
+            "RelationshipName": null,
+            "IsNillable": true
         }
     ]
 }
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diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/salesforce/salesforce_mces_golden.json b/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/salesforce/salesforce_mces_golden.json
index 4e54f199eafed4..90df0997495f03 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/salesforce/salesforce_mces_golden.json
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/salesforce/salesforce_mces_golden.json
@@ -1350,6 +1350,40 @@
                     },
                     "isPartOfKey": false,
                     "jsonProps": "{}"
+                },
+                {
+                    "fieldPath": "Unique_Account",
+                    "nullable": true,
+                    "description": "\\# Unique_Account",
+                    "type": {
+                        "type": {
+                            "com.linkedin.schema.StringType": {}
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "nativeDataType": "Text(80)",
+                    "recursive": false,
+                    "globalTags": {
+                        "tags": []
+                    },
+                    "isPartOfKey": false,
+                    "jsonProps": "{}"
+                },
+                {
+                    "fieldPath": "Unique_Number",
+                    "nullable": true,
+                    "description": "\\#Unique_Number",
+                    "type": {
+                        "type": {
+                            "com.linkedin.schema.StringType": {}
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "nativeDataType": "Text(80)",
+                    "recursive": false,
+                    "globalTags": {
+                        "tags": []
+                    },
+                    "isPartOfKey": false,
+                    "jsonProps": "{}"
                 }
             ],
             "primaryKeys": [