 					2: {name: "punctuation.definition.escape.roff"}
 				patterns: [
 					{include: "$self"}
-					{name: "markup.bold.italic.roff", match: "\\S+?(?=\\\\f[A-Za-z0-9]|$|\\s)"}
+					{name: "markup.bold.italic.roff", match: "\\S+?(?=\\\\|$|\\s)"}
 				]
 			},{
 				

					2: {name: "punctuation.definition.escape.roff"}
				patterns: [
					{include: "$self"}
					{name: "markup.bold.roff", match: "\\S+?(?=\\\\f[A-Za-z0-9]|$|\\s)"}
				]
			},{
				

					2: {name: "punctuation.definition.escape.roff"}
				patterns: [
					{include: "$self"}
					{name: "markup.italic.roff", match: "\\S+?(?=\\\\|$|\\s)"}
				]
			},{
				
