diff --git a/moli-html2md/src/writer.rs b/moli-html2md/src/writer.rs
index ddd4448423..6684a58f56 100644
--- a/moli-html2md/src/writer.rs
+++ b/moli-html2md/src/writer.rs
@@ -465,6 +465,10 @@ impl<'a> Writer<'a> {
                     '&' => self.output.push_str("&amp;"),
                     '<' => self.output.push_str("&lt;"),
                     '>' => self.output.push_str("&gt;"),
+                    '\\' | '`' | '*' | '_' | '[' | ']' | '|' | '~' => {
+                        self.output.push('\\');
+                        self.output.push(ch);
+                    }
                     _ => self.output.push(ch),
                 }
             }
diff --git a/moli-html2md/tests/inline_boundaries.rs b/moli-html2md/tests/inline_boundaries.rs
index 07e9cc90ef..51fe74785a 100644
--- a/moli-html2md/tests/inline_boundaries.rs
+++ b/moli-html2md/tests/inline_boundaries.rs
@@ -82,24 +82,6 @@ fn inline_code_breaks_keep_separation_at_code_span_edges() {
     );
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn adjacent_code_html_fallback_keeps_literal_code_text() {
-    let source = r"<code>a*b_`\[x] &amp; &lt;tag&gt;</code><code>z</code>";
-    for preformatted_code in [false, true] {
-        let output = markdown_with(
-            source,
-            Options {
-                preformatted_code,
-                ..Options::default()
-            },
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            rendered_html(&output),
-            "<p><code>a*b_`\\[x] &amp; &lt;tag&gt;</code><code>z</code></p>\n"
-        );
-    }
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn inline_code_breaks_obey_the_depth_limit() {
     let html = "<code>git<span><br></span>status</code>";