diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php
index dc192711e6..c8a6a780b0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class OutputFormatter implements OutputFormatterInterface
         if ('\\' === substr($text, -1)) {
             $len = strlen($text);
             $text = rtrim($text, '\\');
-            $text .= str_repeat('<<', $len - strlen($text));
+            $text = str_replace("\0", '', $text);
+            $text .= str_repeat("\0", $len - strlen($text));
         }
 
         return $text;
@@ -165,8 +166,8 @@ class OutputFormatter implements OutputFormatterInterface
 
         $output .= $this->applyCurrentStyle(substr($message, $offset));
 
-        if (false !== strpos($output, '<<')) {
-            return strtr($output, array('\\<' => '<', '<<' => '\\'));
+        if (false !== strpos($output, "\0")) {
+            return strtr($output, array("\0" => '\\', '\\<' => '<'));
         }
 
         return str_replace('\\<', '<', $output);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Formatter/OutputFormatterTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Formatter/OutputFormatterTest.php
index 866c31a443..00e5231d80 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Formatter/OutputFormatterTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Formatter/OutputFormatterTest.php
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ class OutputFormatterTest extends TestCase
         $formatter = new OutputFormatter(true);
 
         $this->assertEquals('foo<bar', $formatter->format('foo\\<bar'));
+        $this->assertEquals('foo << bar', $formatter->format('foo << bar'));
+        $this->assertEquals('foo << bar \\', $formatter->format('foo << bar \\'));
+        $this->assertEquals("foo << \033[32mbar \\ baz\033[39m \\", $formatter->format('foo << <info>bar \\ baz</info> \\'));
         $this->assertEquals('<info>some info</info>', $formatter->format('\\<info>some info\\</info>'));
         $this->assertEquals('\\<info>some info\\</info>', OutputFormatter::escape('<info>some info</info>'));