===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/tag.c,v
retrieving revision 1.23
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -p -r1.23 -r1.24
--- mandoc/tag.c	2019/07/19 20:27:25	1.23
+++ mandoc/tag.c	2019/07/22 03:21:50	1.24
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: tag.c,v 1.23 2019/07/19 20:27:25 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: tag.c,v 1.24 2019/07/22 03:21:50 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
  *
@@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ tag_put(const char *s, int prio, size_t line)
 		s += 2;
 
 	/*
-	 * Skip whitespace and whatever follows it,
+	 * Skip whitespace and escapes and whatever follows,
 	 * and if there is any, downgrade the priority.
 	 */
 
-	len = strcspn(s, " \t");
+	len = strcspn(s, " \t\\");
 	if (len == 0)
 		return;