1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man_validate.c b/man_validate.c
index e9a65510..183d31c5 100644
--- a/man_validate.c
+++ b/man_validate.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "libman.h"
+#include "libmandoc.h"
 
 #define	POSTARGS  struct man *m, const struct man_node *n
 
@@ -118,12 +119,26 @@ static int
 check_text(POSTARGS) 
 {
 	const char	*p;
-	int		 pos;
+	int		 pos, c;
 
 	assert(n->string);
 
 	for (p = n->string, pos = n->pos + 1; *p; p++, pos++) {
-		if ('\t' == *p || isprint((u_char)*p))
+		if ('\\' == *p) {
+			c = mandoc_special(p);
+			if (c) {
+				p += c - 1;
+				pos += c - 1;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if ( ! (MAN_IGN_ESCAPE & m->pflags))
+				return(man_perr(m, n->line, pos, WESCAPE));
+			if ( ! man_pwarn(m, n->line, pos, WESCAPE))
+				return(0);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if ('\t' == *p || isprint((u_char)*p)) 
 			continue;
 
 		if (MAN_IGN_CHARS & m->pflags)