diff --git a/src/turndown.js b/src/turndown.js
index 127c76fd..bcd4d60b 100644
--- a/src/turndown.js
+++ b/src/turndown.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var trailingNewLinesRegExp = /\n*$/
 var escapes = [
   [/\\/g, '\\\\'],
   [/\*/g, '\\*'],
-  [/-/g, '\\-'],
+  [/^-/g, '\\-'],
   [/^\+ /g, '\\+ '],
   [/^(=+)/g, '\\$1'],
   [/^(#{1,6}) /g, '\\$1 '],
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 52729b59..b52c5928 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ <h2>This is a header.</h2>
 
 <div class="case" data-name="escaping hr markdown with -">
   <div class="input">- - -</div>
-  <pre class="expected">\- \- \-</pre>
+  <pre class="expected">\- - -</pre>
 </div>
 
 <div class="case" data-name="escaping hr markdown with _">
@@ -776,6 +776,11 @@ <h2>This is a header.</h2>
   <pre class="expected">\+ An unordered list item</pre>
 </div>
 
+<div class="case" data-name="not escaping - outside of a ul">
+  <div class="input">Hello-world, 45 - 3 is 42</div>
+  <pre class="expected">Hello-world, 45 - 3 is 42</pre>
+</div>
+
 <div class="case" data-name="not escaping + outside of a ul">
   <div class="input">+1 and another +</div>
   <pre class="expected">+1 and another +</pre>
@@ -796,11 +801,6 @@ <h2>This is a header.</h2>
   <pre class="expected">_test\_italics_</pre>
 </div>
 
-<div class="case" data-name="escaping -">
-  <div class="input">45 - 3 is 42</div>
-  <pre class="expected">45 \- 3 is 42</pre>
-</div>
-
 <div class="case" data-name="escaping > as blockquote">
   <div class="input">> Blockquote in markdown</div>
   <pre class="expected">\> Blockquote in markdown</pre>
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ <h2>This is a header.</h2>
 
 <div class="case" data-name="escaping delimiters around short words and numbers">
   <div class="input"><p>_Really_? Is that what it _is_? A **2000** year-old computer?</p></div>
-  <pre class="expected">\_Really\_? Is that what it \_is\_? A \*\*2000\*\* year\-old computer?</pre>
+  <pre class="expected">\_Really\_? Is that what it \_is\_? A \*\*2000\*\* year-old computer?</pre>
 </div>
 
 <div class="case" data-name="non-markdown block elements">