2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/crates/ra_syntax/src/string_lexing/parser.rs b/crates/ra_syntax/src/string_lexing/parser.rs
index 14c6015c2..e835382fc 100644
--- a/crates/ra_syntax/src/string_lexing/parser.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_syntax/src/string_lexing/parser.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
     fn parse_escape(&mut self, start: TextUnit) -> StringComponent {
         if self.peek().is_none() {
-            return StringComponent::new(TextRange::from_to(start, start), AsciiEscape);
+            return StringComponent::new(TextRange::from_to(start, self.get_pos()), AsciiEscape);
         }
 
         let next = self.advance();
diff --git a/crates/ra_syntax/src/validation/char.rs b/crates/ra_syntax/src/validation/char.rs
index 19cd3830f..10d3d1dec 100644
--- a/crates/ra_syntax/src/validation/char.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_syntax/src/validation/char.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub(super) fn validate_char_component(
 
 fn validate_ascii_escape(text: &str, range: TextRange, errors: &mut Vec<SyntaxError>) {
     if text.len() == 1 {
-        // Escape sequence consists only of leading `\`
+        // Escape sequence consists only of leading `\` (only occurs at EOF, otherwise e.g. '\' is treated as an unclosed char containing a single quote `'`)
         errors.push(SyntaxError::new(EmptyAsciiEscape, range));
     } else {
         let escape_code = text.chars().skip(1).next().unwrap();