diff --git a/crates/backend/src/typegen.rs b/crates/backend/src/typegen.rs
index 123f6dc9..c8417a1a 100644
--- a/crates/backend/src/typegen.rs
+++ b/crates/backend/src/typegen.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,16 @@ fn escape_json(src: &str) -> String {
   use std::fmt::Write;
   let mut escaped = String::with_capacity(src.len());
   let mut utf16_buf = [0u16; 2];
+  let mut pending_backslash = false;
   for c in src.chars() {
+    if pending_backslash {
+      match c {
+        'b' | 'f' | 'n' | 'r' | 't' | 'u' | '"' => escaped += "\\",
+        _ => escaped += "\\\\",
+      }
+      pending_backslash = false;
+    }
+
     match c {
       '\x08' => escaped += "\\b",
       '\x0c' => escaped += "\\f",
@@ -59,7 +68,10 @@ fn escape_json(src: &str) -> String {
       '\r' => escaped += "\\r",
       '\t' => escaped += "\\t",
       '"' => escaped += "\\\"",
-      '\\' => escaped += "\\",
+      '\\' => {
+        pending_backslash = true;
+      }
+      ' ' => escaped += " ",
       c if c.is_ascii_graphic() => escaped.push(c),
       c => {
         let encoded = c.encode_utf16(&mut utf16_buf);
@@ -69,6 +81,12 @@ fn escape_json(src: &str) -> String {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  // cater for trailing backslash
+  if pending_backslash {
+    escaped += "\\\\"
+  }
+
   escaped
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.md b/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.md
index d698d541..eb49d821 100644
--- a/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.md
+++ b/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.md
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       whoami(): string␊
       /** This is static... */␊
       static getDogKind(): Kind␊
+      /**␊
+       * Here are some characters and character sequences␊
+       * that should be escaped correctly:␊
+       * \\[]{}/\\:""␊
+       */␊
       returnOtherClass(): Dog␊
       returnOtherClassWithCustomConstructor(): Bird␊
     }␊
diff --git a/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.snap b/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.snap
index 5fc4cad1..68d623b1 100644
Binary files a/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.snap and b/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.snap differ
diff --git a/examples/napi/index.d.ts b/examples/napi/index.d.ts
index 09c4b881..4883f0e7 100644
--- a/examples/napi/index.d.ts
+++ b/examples/napi/index.d.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ export class Animal {
   whoami(): string
   /** This is static... */
   static getDogKind(): Kind
+  /**
+   * Here are some characters and character sequences
+   * that should be escaped correctly:
+   * \[]{}/\:""
+   */
   returnOtherClass(): Dog
   returnOtherClassWithCustomConstructor(): Bird
 }
diff --git a/examples/napi/src/class.rs b/examples/napi/src/class.rs
index 554d417d..53aa221c 100644
--- a/examples/napi/src/class.rs
+++ b/examples/napi/src/class.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ impl Animal {
   }
 
   #[napi]
+  /// Here are some characters and character sequences
+  /// that should be escaped correctly:
+  /// \[]{}/\:""
   pub fn return_other_class(&self) -> Dog {
     Dog {
       name: "Doge".to_owned(),