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diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el
index 0b83921504b..dc3dec87ba8 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ See `font-lock-syntax-table'.")
1 font-lock-negation-char-face)
;; character literals
;; FIXME: Support longer escape sequences.
- '("\\?\\\\?\\S " 0 font-lock-string-face)
+ '("\\_<\\?\\\\?\\S " 0 font-lock-string-face)
)
"Additional expressions to highlight in Ruby mode.")