diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
index 5b82b3deef..249eb9cb84 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class TextDescriptor extends Descriptor
         $this->writeText('<comment>Usage:</comment>', $options);
         foreach (array_merge(array($command->getSynopsis(true)), $command->getAliases(), $command->getUsages()) as $usage) {
             $this->writeText("\n");
-            $this->writeText('  '.$usage, $options);
+            $this->writeText('  '.OutputFormatter::escape($usage), $options);
         }
         $this->writeText("\n");
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/command_2.txt b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/command_2.txt
index cad9cb45f2..2864c7bdc3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/command_2.txt
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/command_2.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <comment>Usage:</comment>
-  descriptor:command2 [options] [--] <argument_name>
-  descriptor:command2 -o|--option_name <argument_name>
-  descriptor:command2 <argument_name>
+  descriptor:command2 [options] [--] \<argument_name>
+  descriptor:command2 -o|--option_name \<argument_name>
+  descriptor:command2 \<argument_name>
 
 <comment>Arguments:</comment>
   <info>argument_name</info>      
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/command_mbstring.txt b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/command_mbstring.txt
index 969a065242..cde457dcab 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/command_mbstring.txt
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/command_mbstring.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <comment>Usage:</comment>
-  descriptor:åèä [options] [--] <argument_åèä>
-  descriptor:åèä -o|--option_name <argument_name>
-  descriptor:åèä <argument_name>
+  descriptor:åèä [options] [--] \<argument_åèä>
+  descriptor:åèä -o|--option_name \<argument_name>
+  descriptor:åèä \<argument_name>
 
 <comment>Arguments:</comment>
   <info>argument_åèä</info>