diff --git a/Src/FluentAssertions/Common/MemberPath.cs b/Src/FluentAssertions/Common/MemberPath.cs
index 573302959d..fe13ce2cb2 100644
--- a/Src/FluentAssertions/Common/MemberPath.cs
+++ b/Src/FluentAssertions/Common/MemberPath.cs
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ public bool HasSameParentAs(MemberPath path)
         public bool GetContainsSpecificCollectionIndex() => dottedPath.ContainsSpecificCollectionIndex();
 
         private string[] Segments =>
-            segments ??= dottedPath.Split(new[] { '.', '[', ']' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+            segments ??= dottedPath
+                .Replace("[]", "[*]")
+                .Split(new[] { '.', '[', ']' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns the name of the member the current path points to without its parent path.
diff --git a/Src/FluentAssertions/Equivalency/Selection/ExcludeMemberByPathSelectionRule.cs b/Src/FluentAssertions/Equivalency/Selection/ExcludeMemberByPathSelectionRule.cs
index 9be677dd3c..9651225eca 100644
--- a/Src/FluentAssertions/Equivalency/Selection/ExcludeMemberByPathSelectionRule.cs
+++ b/Src/FluentAssertions/Equivalency/Selection/ExcludeMemberByPathSelectionRule.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public ExcludeMemberByPathSelectionRule(MemberPath pathToExclude)
 
         public void CombinePath(MemberPath nextPath)
         {
-            memberToExclude = memberToExclude.Combine(nextPath, "[*]");
+            memberToExclude = memberToExclude.Combine(nextPath, "[]");
             SetSelectedPath(memberToExclude.ToString());
         }