diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php
index 154a041dae013..e0bbd0670554c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php
@@ -33,6 +33,20 @@ public static function escape($text)
     {
         $text = preg_replace('/([^\\\\]?)</', '$1\\<', $text);
 
+        return self::escapeTrailingBackslash($text);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Escapes trailing "\" in given text.
+     *
+     * @param string $text Text to escape
+     *
+     * @return string Escaped text
+     *
+     * @internal
+     */
+    public static function escapeTrailingBackslash($text)
+    {
         if ('\\' === substr($text, -1)) {
             $len = strlen($text);
             $text = rtrim($text, '\\');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelper.php
index 7e4369b259899..e51e4228c4f52 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelper.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public function ask(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output, Question $qu
      */
     protected function writePrompt(OutputInterface $output, Question $question)
     {
-        $text = OutputFormatter::escape($question->getQuestion());
+        $text = OutputFormatter::escapeTrailingBackslash($question->getQuestion());
         $default = $question->getDefault();
 
         switch (true) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php
index e9932d1f8797d..a1a0fb8c2ee4a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public function title($message)
     {
         $this->autoPrependBlock();
         $this->writeln(array(
-            sprintf('<comment>%s</>', $message),
+            sprintf('<comment>%s</>', OutputFormatter::escapeTrailingBackslash($message)),
             sprintf('<comment>%s</>', str_repeat('=', strlen($message))),
         ));
         $this->newLine();
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public function section($message)
     {
         $this->autoPrependBlock();
         $this->writeln(array(
-            sprintf('<comment>%s</>', $message),
+            sprintf('<comment>%s</>', OutputFormatter::escapeTrailingBackslash($message)),
             sprintf('<comment>%s</>', str_repeat('-', strlen($message))),
         ));
         $this->newLine();
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/command/command_12.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/command/command_12.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e6a13558d046c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/command/command_12.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Tests\Style\SymfonyStyleWithForcedLineLength;
+
+//Ensure symfony style helper methods handle trailing backslashes properly when decorating user texts
+return function (InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) {
+    $output = new SymfonyStyleWithForcedLineLength($input, $output);
+
+    $output->title('Title ending with \\');
+    $output->section('Section ending with \\');
+};
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_12.txt b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_12.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..59d00e04a248d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_12.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+Title ending with \
+===================
+
+Section ending with \
+---------------------
+
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelperTest.php
index f57d65070e076..ed4adef52eb16 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelperTest.php
@@ -92,13 +92,22 @@ public function testAskEscapeDefaultValue()
         $this->assertOutputContains('Can I have a backslash? [\]', $output);
     }
 
-    public function testAskEscapeLabel()
+    public function testAskEscapeAndFormatLabel()
+    {
+        $helper = new SymfonyQuestionHelper();
+        $helper->setInputStream($this->getInputStream('Foo\\Bar'));
+        $helper->ask($this->createInputInterfaceMock(), $output = $this->createOutputInterface(), new Question('Do you want to use Foo\\Bar <comment>or</comment> Foo\\Baz\\?', 'Foo\\Baz'));
+
+        $this->assertOutputContains('Do you want to use Foo\\Bar or Foo\\Baz\\? [Foo\\Baz]:', $output);
+    }
+
+    public function testLabelTrailingBackslash()
     {
         $helper = new SymfonyQuestionHelper();
         $helper->setInputStream($this->getInputStream('sure'));
-        $helper->ask($this->createInputInterfaceMock(), $output = $this->createOutputInterface(), new Question('Do you want a \?'));
+        $helper->ask($this->createInputInterfaceMock(), $output = $this->createOutputInterface(), new Question('Question with a trailing \\'));
 
-        $this->assertOutputContains('Do you want a \?', $output);
+        $this->assertOutputContains('Question with a trailing \\', $output);
     }
 
     /**