diff --git a/syntax-color-lib/syntax-color/scribble-lexer.rkt b/syntax-color-lib/syntax-color/scribble-lexer.rkt
index 1db28ff..97b4928 100644
--- a/syntax-color-lib/syntax-color/scribble-lexer.rkt
+++ b/syntax-color-lib/syntax-color/scribble-lexer.rkt
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
                                      (byte-rx #"^[|]" re-opener #"{")
                                      (byte-rx #".*?(?:(?=[|]"
                                               re-opener
-                                              #"[" (regexp-quote at-bytes) #"{])|(?="
+                                              #"(" (regexp-quote at-bytes) #"|{))|(?="
                                               closer
                                               #")|(?=[\r\n])|$)")
                                      '|{|  ;; Better complex paren?
diff --git a/syntax-color-test/tests/syntax-color/scribble-lexer.rkt b/syntax-color-test/tests/syntax-color/scribble-lexer.rkt
index 6e7c315..48ce2bb 100644
--- a/syntax-color-test/tests/syntax-color/scribble-lexer.rkt
+++ b/syntax-color-test/tests/syntax-color/scribble-lexer.rkt
@@ -276,3 +276,5 @@
                                            (4 parenthesis)))
 
 (test/chars '(#\^) "\\" '((1 text)))
+
+(test/chars (remove #\\ chars) "@|{|\\" '((3 parenthesis) (2 text)))