diff --git a/syntax/python.vim b/syntax/python.vim
index 282e58a..804b7a8 100644
--- a/syntax/python.vim
+++ b/syntax/python.vim
@@ -178,14 +178,14 @@ if s:Python2Syntax()
   " Python 2 strings
   syn region pythonString   start=+[bB]\='+ skip=+\\\\\|\\'\|\\$+ excludenl end=+'+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,@Spell
   syn region pythonString   start=+[bB]\="+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"\|\\$+ excludenl end=+"+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonString   start=+[bB]\="""+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonString   start=+[bB]\='''+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonString   start=+[bB]\="""+ skip=+\\"+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonString   start=+[bB]\='''+ skip=+\\'+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
 else
   " Python 3 byte strings
   syn region pythonBytes    start=+[bB]'+ skip=+\\\\\|\\'\|\\$+ excludenl end=+'+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonBytesError,pythonBytesContent,@Spell
   syn region pythonBytes    start=+[bB]"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"\|\\$+ excludenl end=+"+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonBytesError,pythonBytesContent,@Spell
-  syn region pythonBytes    start=+[bB]'''+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonBytesError,pythonBytesContent,pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonBytes    start=+[bB]"""+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonBytesError,pythonBytesContent,pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonBytes    start=+[bB]'''+ skip=+\\'+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonBytesError,pythonBytesContent,pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonBytes    start=+[bB]"""+ skip=+\\"+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonBytesError,pythonBytesContent,pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
 
   syn match pythonBytesError    '.\+' display contained
   syn match pythonBytesContent  '[\u0000-\u00ff]\+' display contained contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError
@@ -209,27 +209,27 @@ if s:Python2Syntax()
   " Python 2 Unicode strings
   syn region pythonUniString  start=+[uU]'+ skip=+\\\\\|\\'\|\\$+ excludenl end=+'+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,@Spell
   syn region pythonUniString  start=+[uU]"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"\|\\$+ excludenl end=+"+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonUniString  start=+[uU]'''+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonUniString  start=+[uU]"""+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonUniString  start=+[uU]'''+ skip=+\\'+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonUniString  start=+[uU]"""+ skip=+\\"+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
 else
   " Python 3 strings
   syn region pythonString   start=+'+ skip=+\\\\\|\\'\|\\$+ excludenl end=+'+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,@Spell
   syn region pythonString   start=+"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"\|\\$+ excludenl end=+"+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonString   start=+'''+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonString   start=+"""+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonString   start=+'''+ skip=+\\'+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonString   start=+"""+ skip=+\\"+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
 
   syn region pythonFString   start=+[fF]'+ skip=+\\\\\|\\'\|\\$+ excludenl end=+'+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,@Spell
   syn region pythonFString   start=+[fF]"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"\|\\$+ excludenl end=+"+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonFString   start=+[fF]'''+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonFString   start=+[fF]"""+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonFString   start=+[fF]'''+ skip=+\\'+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonFString   start=+[fF]"""+ skip=+\\"+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonBytesEscape,pythonBytesEscapeError,pythonUniEscape,pythonUniEscapeError,pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
 endif
 
 if s:Python2Syntax()
   " Python 2 Unicode raw strings
   syn region pythonUniRawString start=+[uU][rR]'+ skip=+\\\\\|\\'\|\\$+ excludenl end=+'+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonRawEscape,pythonUniRawEscape,pythonUniRawEscapeError,@Spell
   syn region pythonUniRawString start=+[uU][rR]"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"\|\\$+ excludenl end=+"+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonRawEscape,pythonUniRawEscape,pythonUniRawEscapeError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonUniRawString start=+[uU][rR]'''+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonUniRawEscape,pythonUniRawEscapeError,pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonUniRawString start=+[uU][rR]"""+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonUniRawEscape,pythonUniRawEscapeError,pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonUniRawString start=+[uU][rR]'''+ skip=+\\'+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonUniRawEscape,pythonUniRawEscapeError,pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonUniRawString start=+[uU][rR]"""+ skip=+\\"+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonUniRawEscape,pythonUniRawEscapeError,pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
 
   syn match  pythonUniRawEscape       '\%([^\\]\%(\\\\\)*\)\@<=\\u\x\{4}' display contained
   syn match  pythonUniRawEscapeError  '\%([^\\]\%(\\\\\)*\)\@<=\\u\x\{,3}\X' display contained
@@ -239,18 +239,18 @@ endif
 if s:Python2Syntax()
   syn region pythonRawString  start=+[bB]\=[rR]'+ skip=+\\\\\|\\'\|\\$+ excludenl end=+'+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonRawEscape,@Spell
   syn region pythonRawString  start=+[bB]\=[rR]"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"\|\\$+ excludenl end=+"+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonRawEscape,@Spell
-  syn region pythonRawString  start=+[bB]\=[rR]'''+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonRawString  start=+[bB]\=[rR]"""+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonRawString  start=+[bB]\=[rR]'''+ skip=+\\'+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonRawString  start=+[bB]\=[rR]"""+ skip=+\\"+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
 else
   syn region pythonRawString  start=+[rR]'+ skip=+\\\\\|\\'\|\\$+ excludenl end=+'+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonRawEscape,@Spell
   syn region pythonRawString  start=+[rR]"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"\|\\$+ excludenl end=+"+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonRawEscape,@Spell
-  syn region pythonRawString  start=+[rR]'''+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonRawString  start=+[rR]"""+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonRawString  start=+[rR]'''+ skip=+\\'+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonRawString  start=+[rR]"""+ skip=+\\"+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
 
   syn region pythonRawBytes  start=+[bB][rR]'+ skip=+\\\\\|\\'\|\\$+ excludenl end=+'+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonRawEscape,@Spell
   syn region pythonRawBytes  start=+[bB][rR]"+ skip=+\\\\\|\\"\|\\$+ excludenl end=+"+ end=+$+ keepend contains=pythonRawEscape,@Spell
-  syn region pythonRawBytes  start=+[bB][rR]'''+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
-  syn region pythonRawBytes  start=+[bB][rR]"""+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonRawBytes  start=+[bB][rR]'''+ skip=+\\'+ end=+'''+ keepend contains=pythonDocTest,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
+  syn region pythonRawBytes  start=+[bB][rR]"""+ skip=+\\"+ end=+"""+ keepend contains=pythonDocTest2,pythonSpaceError,@Spell
 endif
 
 syn match pythonRawEscape +\\['"]+ display transparent contained
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ endif
 
 if s:Enabled('g:python_highlight_doctests')
   " DocTests
-  syn region pythonDocTest   start='^\s*>>>' end=+'''+he=s-1 end='^\s*$' contained
-  syn region pythonDocTest2  start='^\s*>>>' end=+"""+he=s-1 end='^\s*$' contained
+  syn region pythonDocTest   start='^\s*>>>' skip=+\\'+ end=+'''+he=s-1 end='^\s*$' contained
+  syn region pythonDocTest2  start='^\s*>>>' skip=+\\"+ end=+"""+he=s-1 end='^\s*$' contained
 endif
 
 "
diff --git a/tests/test.py b/tests/test.py
index 03ce8b6..59a2981 100644
--- a/tests/test.py
+++ b/tests/test.py
@@ -79,12 +79,17 @@ RuntimeWarning FutureWarning ImportWarning UnicodeWarning
 # Strings
 
 " test " ' test '
+"test\
+test"
+'test\
+test'
+
 """
   test
-"""
+\""""
 '''
   test
-'''
+\''''
 
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