doc/language.md

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ particular block. This is especially useful for things like
 [`code{}`](blocks.md#code), [`html{}`](blocks.md#html), and
 [`fmt{}`](blocks.md#fmt) because then you do not have to escape every
 instance of special characters like `{`, `}`, and `\`. It works as long as there
-is a closing bracket `{` to correspond with every opening bracket `}`. To enable
+is a closing bracket `}` to correspond with every opening bracket `{`. To enable
 brace-escape mode, open and close the block with double curly brackets:
 
 ```javascript

wikifier/block-list.go

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (l *List) handleChar(page *Page, i int, p *listParser, c rune) {
 
 		// if it was escaped but not a parser char, add the \
 		add := string(c)
-		if p.escape && c != ';' {
+		if p.escape && c != ';' && c != '\\' {
 			add = "\\" + add
 		}
 		p.escape = false

wikifier/block-map.go

@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func (m *Map) handleChar(page *Page, i int, p *mapParser, c rune) {
 
 		// if it was escaped but not a parser char, add the \
 		add := string(c)
-		if p.escape && c != ';' && c != ':' {
+		if p.escape && c != ';' && c != ':' && c != '\\' {
 			add = "\\" + add
 		}
 		p.escape = false