diff --git a/src/Libraries/ICSharpCode.TextEditor/Project/Src/Util/RtfWriter.cs b/src/Libraries/ICSharpCode.TextEditor/Project/Src/Util/RtfWriter.cs
index ed4a16c39b..d639fae130 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/ICSharpCode.TextEditor/Project/Src/Util/RtfWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Libraries/ICSharpCode.TextEditor/Project/Src/Util/RtfWriter.cs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.TextEditor.Util
 										printWord = word.Word;
 									}
 									
-									rtf.Append(printWord.Replace("{", "\\{").Replace("}", "\\}"));
+									rtf.Append(printWord.Replace(@"\", @"\\").Replace("{", "\\{").Replace("}", "\\}"));
 								}
 								offset += word.Length;
 								break;