diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelper.php
index 7e4369b259..ea994fcec7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelper.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class SymfonyQuestionHelper extends QuestionHelper
      */
     protected function writePrompt(OutputInterface $output, Question $question)
     {
-        $text = OutputFormatter::escape($question->getQuestion());
+        $text = $question->getQuestion();
         $default = $question->getDefault();
 
         switch (true) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelperTest.php
index f57d65070e..e26a254baa 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelperTest.php
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ class SymfonyQuestionHelperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $questionHelper = new SymfonyQuestionHelper();
         $questionHelper->setInputStream($this->getInputStream("\n"));
         $question = new Question('What is your favorite superhero?');
-        $question->setValidator(function ($value) { return $value; });
+        $question->setValidator(function ($value) {
+            return $value;
+        });
         $this->assertNull($questionHelper->ask($this->createInputInterfaceMock(), $this->createOutputInterface(), $question));
     }
 
@@ -92,13 +94,13 @@ class SymfonyQuestionHelperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertOutputContains('Can I have a backslash? [\]', $output);
     }
 
-    public function testAskEscapeLabel()
+    public function testAskEscapeAndFormatLabel()
     {
         $helper = new SymfonyQuestionHelper();
-        $helper->setInputStream($this->getInputStream('sure'));
-        $helper->ask($this->createInputInterfaceMock(), $output = $this->createOutputInterface(), new Question('Do you want a \?'));
+        $helper->setInputStream($this->getInputStream('Foo\\Bar'));
+        $helper->ask($this->createInputInterfaceMock(), $output = $this->createOutputInterface(), new Question('Do you want to use Foo\\Bar <comment>or</comment> Foo\\Baz\\?', 'Foo\\Baz'));
 
-        $this->assertOutputContains('Do you want a \?', $output);
+        $this->assertOutputContains('Do you want to use Foo\\Bar or Foo\\Baz\\? [Foo\\Baz]:', $output);
     }
 
     /**