diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index cc2bbc90..549e456f 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ Default
     ``"auto"``
 Example
     * ``"/!? (){}"``
-    * ``{" ": "_", "/": "-", "|": "-", ":": "-", "*": "+"}``
+    * ``{" ": "_", "/": "-", "|": "-", ":": "_-_", "*": "_+_"}``
 Description
     | A string of characters to be replaced with the value of
       `path-replace <extractor.*.path-replace_>`__
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ Description
       depending on the local operating system
     * ``"unix"``: ``"/"``
     * ``"windows"``: ``"\\\\|/<>:\"?*"``
-    * ``"ascii"``: ``"^0-9A-Za-z_."``
+    * ``"ascii"``: ``"^0-9A-Za-z_."`` (only ASCII digits, letters, underscores, and dots)
+    * ``"ascii+"``: ``"^0-9@-[\\]-{ #-)+-.;=!}~"`` (all ASCII characters except the ones not allowed by Windows)
 
     Note: In a string with 2 or more characters, ``[]^-\`` need to be
     escaped with backslashes, e.g. ``"\\[\\]"``
diff --git a/gallery_dl/path.py b/gallery_dl/path.py
index a14562ab..71927a55 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/path.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/path.py
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ class PathFormat():
             restrict = "\\\\|/<>:\"?*"
         elif restrict == "ascii":
             restrict = "^0-9A-Za-z_."
+        elif restrict == "ascii+":
+            restrict = "^0-9@-[\\]-{ #-)+-.;=!}~"
         self.clean_segment = self._build_cleanfunc(restrict, replace)
 
         remove = config("path-remove", "\x00-\x1f\x7f")