diff --git a/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs b/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
index e27d96a..ca25367 100644
--- a/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
+++ b/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
@@ -1071,6 +1071,8 @@ prop_checkPS14 = verify checkPS1Assignments "PS1=$'\\e[3m; '"
 prop_checkPS14a= verify checkPS1Assignments "export PS1=$'\\e[3m; '"
 prop_checkPS15 = verifyNot checkPS1Assignments "PS1='\\[\\033[1;35m\\]\\$ '"
 prop_checkPS16 = verifyNot checkPS1Assignments "PS1='\\[\\e1m\\e[1m\\]\\$ '"
+prop_checkPS17 = verifyNot checkPS1Assignments "PS1='e033x1B'"
+prop_checkPS18 = verifyNot checkPS1Assignments "PS1='\\[\\e\\]'"
 checkPS1Assignments t =
     case t of
         (T_Assignment _ "PS1" word) -> warnFor [word]
@@ -1088,7 +1090,7 @@ checkPS1Assignments t =
         let unenclosed = subRegex enclosedRegex s "" in
            isJust $ matchRegex escapeRegex unenclosed
     enclosedRegex = mkRegex "\\\\\\[.*\\\\\\]" -- FIXME: shouldn't be eager
-    escapeRegex = mkRegex "\\x1[Bb]|\\e|\x1B|\\033"
+    escapeRegex = mkRegex "\\\\x1[Bb]|\\\\e|\x1B|\\\\033"
 
 prop_checkBackticks1 = verify checkBackticks "echo `foo`"
 prop_checkBackticks2 = verifyNot checkBackticks "echo $(foo)"
diff --git a/ShellCheck/Parser.hs b/ShellCheck/Parser.hs
index 945385e..c5cf10b 100644
--- a/ShellCheck/Parser.hs
+++ b/ShellCheck/Parser.hs
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ readGenericLiteral1 endExp = do
 readGenericEscaped = do
     backslash
     x <- anyChar
-    return $ if x == '\n' then [] else [x]
+    return $ if x == '\n' then [] else ['\\', x]
 
 prop_readBraced = isOk readBraced "{1..4}"
 prop_readBraced2 = isOk readBraced "{foo,bar,\"baz lol\"}"