diff --git a/src/parse/tokens.rs b/src/parse/tokens.rs
index 0c125b4b..ca2cb74a 100644
--- a/src/parse/tokens.rs
+++ b/src/parse/tokens.rs
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ impl<'s> Tokens<'s> {
                 // Parenthesis and hashtag.
                 '[' | ']' | '{' | '}' | '#' |
                 // Markup.
-                '*' | '_' | '=' | '~' | '`' | '$' => {
+                '~' | '*' | '_' | '`' | '$' | '=' | '-' | '.'  => {
                     self.s.eat_assert(c);
                     NodeKind::Escape(c)
                 }
diff --git a/tests/ref/markup/escape.png b/tests/ref/markup/escape.png
index 4d2b570e..3434d6e0 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/markup/escape.png and b/tests/ref/markup/escape.png differ
diff --git a/tests/typ/markup/escape.typ b/tests/typ/markup/escape.typ
index 87d2b83a..6ec469c1 100644
--- a/tests/typ/markup/escape.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/markup/escape.typ
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 // Some code stuff in text.
 let f() , ; : | + - /= == 12 "string"
 
+// Escaped dot.
+10\. May
+
 ---
 // Unicode codepoint does not exist.
 // Error: 1-11 invalid unicode escape sequence