diff --git a/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c b/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
index 6654fdfbb..f36ace933 100644
--- a/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
+++ b/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
@@ -1069,6 +1069,7 @@ static void dbRecordInfo(char *name, char *value)
     if(duplicate) return;
     ptempListNode = (tempListNode *)ellFirst(&tempList);
     pdbentry = ptempListNode->item;
+    dbTranslateEscape(value, value);    /* yuck: in-place, but safe */
     status = dbPutInfo(pdbentry,name,value);
     if(status) {
 	epicsPrintf("Can't set \"%s\" info \"%s\" to \"%s\"\n",
diff --git a/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c b/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
index dc2fbe62f..96868eded 100644
--- a/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
+++ b/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
@@ -851,10 +851,14 @@ long dbWriteRecordFP(
 		status=dbNextField(pdbentry,dctonly);
 	    }
 	    status = dbFirstInfo(pdbentry);
-	    while(!status) {
-		fprintf(fp,"\tinfo(\"%s\",\"%s\")\n",
-			dbGetInfoName(pdbentry), dbGetInfoString(pdbentry));
-		status=dbNextInfo(pdbentry);
+	    while (!status) {
+		const char *pinfostr = dbGetInfoString(pdbentry);
+
+		fprintf(fp, "\tinfo(\"%s\",\"",
+		    dbGetInfoName(pdbentry));
+		epicsStrPrintEscaped(fp, pinfostr, strlen(pinfostr));
+		fprintf(fp, "\")\n");
+		status = dbNextInfo(pdbentry);
 	    }
 	    fprintf(fp,"}\n");
 	    status = dbNextRecord(pdbentry);