diff --git a/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c b/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
index ff9f04db1..380844dec 100644
--- a/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
+++ b/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
@@ -1072,6 +1072,12 @@ static void dbRecordInfo(char *name, char *value)
     if(duplicate) return;
     ptempListNode = (tempListNode *)ellFirst(&tempList);
     pdbentry = ptempListNode->item;
+    if (*value == '"') {
+	/* jsonSTRING values still have their quotes */
+        value++;
+	value[strlen(value) - 1] = 0;
+    }
+    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/dbYacc.y b/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbYacc.y
index 25df127ed..e61ce58b0 100644
--- a/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbYacc.y
+++ b/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbYacc.y
@@ -258,10 +258,11 @@ record_field: tokenFIELD '(' tokenSTRING ','
 	if(dbStaticDebug>2) printf("record_field %s %s\n",$3,$6);
 	dbRecordField($3,$6); dbmfFree($3); dbmfFree($6);
 }
-	| tokenINFO '(' tokenSTRING ',' tokenSTRING ')'
+	| tokenINFO '(' tokenSTRING ','
+	{ BEGIN JSON; } json_value { BEGIN INITIAL; } ')'
 {
-	if(dbStaticDebug>2) printf("record_info %s %s\n",$3,$5);
-	dbRecordInfo($3,$5); dbmfFree($3); dbmfFree($5);
+	if(dbStaticDebug>2) printf("record_info %s %s\n",$3,$6);
+	dbRecordInfo($3,$6); dbmfFree($3); dbmfFree($6);
 }
 	| tokenALIAS '(' tokenSTRING ')'
 {