diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php
index 154a041dae..e0bbd06705 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Formatter/OutputFormatter.php
@@ -33,6 +33,20 @@ class OutputFormatter implements OutputFormatterInterface
     {
         $text = preg_replace('/([^\\\\]?)</', '$1\\<', $text);
 
+        return self::escapeTrailingBackslash($text);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Escapes trailing "\" in given text.
+     *
+     * @param string $text Text to escape
+     *
+     * @return string Escaped text
+     *
+     * @internal
+     */
+    public static function escapeTrailingBackslash($text)
+    {
         if ('\\' === substr($text, -1)) {
             $len = strlen($text);
             $text = rtrim($text, '\\');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelper.php
index ea994fcec7..e51e4228c4 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 = $question->getQuestion();
+        $text = OutputFormatter::escapeTrailingBackslash($question->getQuestion());
         $default = $question->getDefault();
 
         switch (true) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php
index e9932d1f87..a1a0fb8c2e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class SymfonyStyle extends OutputStyle
     {
         $this->autoPrependBlock();
         $this->writeln(array(
-            sprintf('<comment>%s</>', $message),
+            sprintf('<comment>%s</>', OutputFormatter::escapeTrailingBackslash($message)),
             sprintf('<comment>%s</>', str_repeat('=', strlen($message))),
         ));
         $this->newLine();
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class SymfonyStyle extends OutputStyle
     {
         $this->autoPrependBlock();
         $this->writeln(array(
-            sprintf('<comment>%s</>', $message),
+            sprintf('<comment>%s</>', OutputFormatter::escapeTrailingBackslash($message)),
             sprintf('<comment>%s</>', str_repeat('-', strlen($message))),
         ));
         $this->newLine();
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/command/command_12.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/command/command_12.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6a13558d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/command/command_12.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Tests\Style\SymfonyStyleWithForcedLineLength;
+
+//Ensure symfony style helper methods handle trailing backslashes properly when decorating user texts
+return function (InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) {
+    $output = new SymfonyStyleWithForcedLineLength($input, $output);
+
+    $output->title('Title ending with \\');
+    $output->section('Section ending with \\');
+};
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_12.txt b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_12.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59d00e04a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/Style/SymfonyStyle/output/output_12.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+Title ending with \
+===================
+
+Section ending with \
+---------------------
+
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelperTest.php
index e26a254baa..ed4adef52e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Helper/SymfonyQuestionHelperTest.php
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ 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));
     }
 
@@ -103,6 +101,15 @@ class SymfonyQuestionHelperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertOutputContains('Do you want to use Foo\\Bar or Foo\\Baz\\? [Foo\\Baz]:', $output);
     }
 
+    public function testLabelTrailingBackslash()
+    {
+        $helper = new SymfonyQuestionHelper();
+        $helper->setInputStream($this->getInputStream('sure'));
+        $helper->ask($this->createInputInterfaceMock(), $output = $this->createOutputInterface(), new Question('Question with a trailing \\'));
+
+        $this->assertOutputContains('Question with a trailing \\', $output);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException        \Symfony\Component\Console\Exception\RuntimeException
      * @expectedExceptionMessage Aborted