diff --git a/libr/core/cconfig.c b/libr/core/cconfig.c
index 62bae9a3ec..41f6b7f7b0 100644
--- a/libr/core/cconfig.c
+++ b/libr/core/cconfig.c
@@ -2830,7 +2830,7 @@ R_API int r_core_config_init(RCore *core) {
 	SETOPTIONS (n, "asciiesc", "asciidot", NULL);
 
 	/* str */
-	SETCB ("str.escbslash", "false", &cb_str_escbslash, "Escape the backslash (iz and Cs-based output only)");
+	SETCB ("str.escbslash", "false", &cb_str_escbslash, "Escape the backslash");
 
 	/* search */
 	SETCB ("search.contiguous", "true", &cb_contiguous, "Accept contiguous/adjacent search hits");
diff --git a/libr/core/disasm.c b/libr/core/disasm.c
index 1842020d3e..08a89234b0 100644
--- a/libr/core/disasm.c
+++ b/libr/core/disasm.c
@@ -3094,26 +3094,27 @@ static char *ds_esc_str(RDisasmState *ds, const char *str, int len, const char *
 	int str_len;
 	char *escstr = NULL;
 	const char *prefix = "";
+	bool esc_bslash = ds->core->print->esc_bslash;
 	switch (ds->strenc) {
 	case R_STRING_ENC_LATIN1:
-		escstr = r_str_escape_latin1 (str, ds->show_asciidot, true);
+		escstr = r_str_escape_latin1 (str, ds->show_asciidot, esc_bslash);
 		break;
 	case R_STRING_ENC_UTF8:
-		escstr = r_str_escape_utf8 (str, ds->show_asciidot, true);
+		escstr = r_str_escape_utf8 (str, ds->show_asciidot, esc_bslash);
 		break;
 	case R_STRING_ENC_UTF16LE:
-		escstr = r_str_escape_utf16le (str, len, ds->show_asciidot);
+		escstr = r_str_escape_utf16le (str, len, ds->show_asciidot, esc_bslash);
 		prefix = "u";
 		break;
 	case R_STRING_ENC_UTF32LE:
-		escstr = r_str_escape_utf32le (str, len, ds->show_asciidot);
+		escstr = r_str_escape_utf32le (str, len, ds->show_asciidot, esc_bslash);
 		prefix = "U";
 		break;
 	default:
 		str_len = strlen (str);
 		if ((str_len == 1 && len > 3 && str[2] && !str[3])
 		    || (str_len == 3 && len > 5 && !memcmp (str, "\xff\xfe", 2) && str[4] && !str[5])) {
-			escstr = r_str_escape_utf16le (str, len, ds->show_asciidot);
+			escstr = r_str_escape_utf16le (str, len, ds->show_asciidot, esc_bslash);
 			prefix = "u";
 		} else if (str_len == 1 && len > 7 && !str[2] && !str[3] && str[4] && !str[5]) {
 			RStrEnc enc = R_STRING_ENC_UTF32LE;
@@ -3130,10 +3131,10 @@ static char *ds_esc_str(RDisasmState *ds, const char *str, int len, const char *
 				}
 			}
 			if (enc == R_STRING_ENC_UTF32LE) {
-				escstr = r_str_escape_utf32le (str, len, ds->show_asciidot);
+				escstr = r_str_escape_utf32le (str, len, ds->show_asciidot, esc_bslash);
 				prefix = "U";
 			} else {
-				escstr = r_str_escape_latin1 (str, ds->show_asciidot, true);
+				escstr = r_str_escape_latin1 (str, ds->show_asciidot, esc_bslash);
 			}
 		} else {
 			RStrEnc enc = R_STRING_ENC_LATIN1;
@@ -3145,8 +3146,8 @@ static char *ds_esc_str(RDisasmState *ds, const char *str, int len, const char *
 				}
 			}
 			escstr = (enc == R_STRING_ENC_UTF8 ?
-			          r_str_escape_utf8 (str, ds->show_asciidot, true) :
-			          r_str_escape_latin1 (str, ds->show_asciidot, true));
+			          r_str_escape_utf8 (str, ds->show_asciidot, esc_bslash) :
+			          r_str_escape_latin1 (str, ds->show_asciidot, esc_bslash));
 		}
 	}
 	if (prefix_out) {
diff --git a/libr/include/r_util/r_str.h b/libr/include/r_util/r_str.h
index bb0f8d859b..b9fb95e8b5 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_util/r_str.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_util/r_str.h
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ R_API char *r_str_escape(const char *buf);
 R_API char *r_str_escape_dot(const char *buf);
 R_API char *r_str_escape_latin1(const char *buf, bool show_asciidot, bool esc_bslash);
 R_API char *r_str_escape_utf8(const char *buf, bool show_asciidot, bool esc_bslash);
-R_API char *r_str_escape_utf16le(const char *buf, int buf_size, bool show_asciidot);
-R_API char *r_str_escape_utf32le(const char *buf, int buf_size, bool show_asciidot);
+R_API char *r_str_escape_utf16le(const char *buf, int buf_size, bool show_asciidot, bool esc_bslash);
+R_API char *r_str_escape_utf32le(const char *buf, int buf_size, bool show_asciidot, bool esc_bslash);
 R_API void r_str_uri_decode(char *buf);
 R_API char *r_str_uri_encode(const char *buf);
 R_API char *r_str_utf16_decode(const ut8 *s, int len);
diff --git a/libr/util/str.c b/libr/util/str.c
index 900f3136d9..beb40f16dd 100644
--- a/libr/util/str.c
+++ b/libr/util/str.c
@@ -1294,12 +1294,12 @@ R_API char *r_str_escape_utf8(const char *buf, bool show_asciidot, bool esc_bsla
 	return r_str_escape_utf (buf, -1, R_STRING_ENC_UTF8, show_asciidot, esc_bslash);
 }
 
-R_API char *r_str_escape_utf16le(const char *buf, int buf_size, bool show_asciidot) {
-	return r_str_escape_utf (buf, buf_size, R_STRING_ENC_UTF16LE, show_asciidot, true);
+R_API char *r_str_escape_utf16le(const char *buf, int buf_size, bool show_asciidot, bool esc_bslash) {
+	return r_str_escape_utf (buf, buf_size, R_STRING_ENC_UTF16LE, show_asciidot, esc_bslash);
 }
 
-R_API char *r_str_escape_utf32le(const char *buf, int buf_size, bool show_asciidot) {
-	return r_str_escape_utf (buf, buf_size, R_STRING_ENC_UTF32LE, show_asciidot, true);
+R_API char *r_str_escape_utf32le(const char *buf, int buf_size, bool show_asciidot, bool esc_bslash) {
+	return r_str_escape_utf (buf, buf_size, R_STRING_ENC_UTF32LE, show_asciidot, esc_bslash);
 }
 
 /* ansi helpers */