1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/help2man b/man/help2man
index 689d1acc2..467391ae4 100755
--- a/man/help2man
+++ b/man/help2man
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ for (@help)
 	$break = '';
     }
 
+    s/\\/\\\\/g;
+
     my $output = '';
     while (length)
     {