diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0831f20fad..3538f1125f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Mon Sep 22 19:22:26 2003  GOTOU Yuuzou  <gotoyuzo@notwork.org>
 Sun Sep 21 04:12:36 2003  GOTOU Yuuzou  <gotoyuzo@notwork.org>
 
 	* ext/openssl/ossl_ocsp.c (ossl_ocspreq_initialize): the argument
-	  should be a String. 
+	  should be a String.
 
 	* ext/openssl/ossl_ocsp.c (ossl_ocspres_initialize): ditt.
 
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ Thu Sep 18 22:43:20 2003  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* eval.c (proc_invoke): should update "result" for orphans.
 
+Thu Sep 18 20:33:03 2003  Tietew  <tietew-ml-ruby-list@tietew.net>
+
+	* parse.y (str_xquote): do not prepend escapes in
+	  backqoute literals.  [ruby-list:38409]
+
 Thu Sep 18 20:30:17 2003  Tanaka Akira  <akr@m17n.org>
 
 	* lib/pathname.rb: update document.
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 9671ff97f4..7b3d2e6a7b 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -2934,7 +2934,7 @@ regx_options()
 enum string_type {
     str_squote = (0),
     str_dquote = (STR_FUNC_EXPAND),
-    str_xquote = (STR_FUNC_ESCAPE|STR_FUNC_EXPAND),
+    str_xquote = (STR_FUNC_EXPAND),
     str_regexp = (STR_FUNC_REGEXP|STR_FUNC_ESCAPE|STR_FUNC_EXPAND),
     str_sword  = (STR_FUNC_QWORDS),
     str_dword  = (STR_FUNC_QWORDS|STR_FUNC_EXPAND),