diff --git a/inline.go b/inline.go
index 0e7cb86..39b85cc 100644
--- a/inline.go
+++ b/inline.go
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ func leftAngle(p *parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, offset int) int {
 }
 
 // '\\' backslash escape
-var escapeChars = []byte("\\`*_{}[]()#+-.!:|&<>")
+var escapeChars = []byte("\\`*_{}[]()#+-.!:|&<>~")
 
 func escape(p *parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, offset int) int {
 	data = data[offset:]
diff --git a/upskirtref/Backslash escapes.html b/upskirtref/Backslash escapes.html
index 483cbdc..a73c998 100644
--- a/upskirtref/Backslash escapes.html	
+++ b/upskirtref/Backslash escapes.html	
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 <p>Minus: -</p>
 
+<p>Tilde: ~</p>
+
 <p>These should not, because they occur within a code block:</p>
 
 <pre><code>Backslash: \\
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ Bang: \!
 Plus: \+
 
 Minus: \-
+
+Tilde: \~
 </code></pre>
 
 <p>Nor should these, which occur in code spans:</p>
@@ -101,6 +105,8 @@ Minus: \-
 
 <p>Minus: <code>\-</code></p>
 
+<p>Tilde: <code>\~</code></p>
+
 <p>These should get escaped, even though they're matching pairs for
 other Markdown constructs:</p>
 
diff --git a/upskirtref/Backslash escapes.text b/upskirtref/Backslash escapes.text
index 5b014cb..04c20bd 100644
--- a/upskirtref/Backslash escapes.text	
+++ b/upskirtref/Backslash escapes.text	
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Plus: \+
 
 Minus: \-
 
+Tilde: \~
+
 
 
 These should not, because they occur within a code block:
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ These should not, because they occur within a code block:
 
 	Minus: \-
 
+	Tilde: \~
+
 
 Nor should these, which occur in code spans:
 
@@ -103,6 +107,8 @@ Plus: `\+`
 
 Minus: `\-`
 
+Tilde: `\~`
+
 
 These should get escaped, even though they're matching pairs for
 other Markdown constructs: