diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 `jira-wiki-markup` uses [PVP Versioning][1].
 The changelog is available [on GitHub][2].
 
-0.0.0
+0.1.1
+=====
+
+* Ensure proper parsing of backslash-escaped characters.
+
+0.1.0
 =====
 
 * Initially created.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,4 +7,11 @@
 [![Build status](https://travis-ci.com/tarleb/jira-wiki-markup.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/tarleb/jira-wiki-markup)
 [![Windows build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/tarleb/jira-wiki-markup?branch=master&svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/tarleb/jira-wiki-markup)
 
-Handle Jira wiki markup
+This package provides a parser for [Jira wiki markup]. It converts the
+raw text into an abstract syntax tree. The tree is easy to handle and to
+different to different output formats.
+
+# License
+
+This package is licensed under the MIT license. See the `LICENSE` file
+for details.
diff --git a/jira-wiki-markup.cabal b/jira-wiki-markup.cabal
--- a/jira-wiki-markup.cabal
+++ b/jira-wiki-markup.cabal
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 cabal-version:       2.0
 name:                jira-wiki-markup
-version:             0.1.0
+version:             0.1.1
 synopsis:            Handle Jira wiki markup
-description:         Handle Jira wiki markup
+description:         Parse jira wiki text into an abstract syntax tree for easy
+                     transformation to other formats.
 homepage:            https://github.com/tarleb/jira-wiki-markup
 bug-reports:         https://github.com/tarleb/jira-wiki-markup/issues
 license:             MIT
diff --git a/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Inline.hs b/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Inline.hs
--- a/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Inline.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Jira/Parser/Inline.hs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
 -- | Special characters which can be part of a string.
 symbolChars :: String
-symbolChars = "_+-*^~|[]{}!&"
+symbolChars = "_+-*^~|[]{}!&\\"
 
 -- | Parses an in-paragraph newline as a @Linebreak@ element.
 linebreak :: JiraParser Inline
diff --git a/test/Text/Jira/Parser/InlineTests.hs b/test/Text/Jira/Parser/InlineTests.hs
--- a/test/Text/Jira/Parser/InlineTests.hs
+++ b/test/Text/Jira/Parser/InlineTests.hs
@@ -213,5 +213,9 @@
       parseJira (many1 inline) "shopping at P&C" @?=
       Right [ Str "shopping", Space, Str "at", Space
             , Str "P", Entity "amp", Str "C"]
+
+    , testCase "backslash-escaped char" $
+      parseJira (normalizeInlines <$> many1 inline) "opening brace: \\{" @?=
+      Right [ Str "opening", Space, Str "brace:", Space, Str "{"]
     ]
   ]