A finger guard for preventing fingers from getting into the gap (6) between a sliding door (1, 2) of an elevator and a stop surface (5) of a profiled edging strip (3). A profiled fillet forming the finger guard comprises an elastic tongue (7) extending from the profiled edging strip (3, 4) obliquely outward toward the surface of the sliding door (1, 2) and a supporting element (8) disposed in the gap (6) to keep the tongue clear of an at a distance from the surface of the sliding door.