diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 139d4d5ab..61b2f4f9e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ Unreleased
   <python:runpy.run_path>` with a :class:`Path <python:pathlib.Path>` argument.
   This is now fixed, thanks to `Ask Hjorth Larsen <pull 1819_>`_.
 
-.. _pull 1819: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/pull/1819/files
+- Fix: backslashes preceding a multi-line backslashed string could confuse the
+  HTML report.  This is now fixed, thanks to `LiuYinCarl <pull 1828_>`_.
+
+.. _pull 1819: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/pull/1819
+.. _pull 1828: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/pull/1828
 
 
 .. scriv-start-here
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index e44920ce2..9097546ea 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ Leonardo Pistone
 Lewis Gaul
 Lex Berezhny
 Liam DeVoe
+LiuYinCarl
 Loïc Dachary
 Lorenzo Micò
 Louis Heredero