diff --git a/src/go/doc/comment.go b/src/go/doc/comment.go
index 0ec42643fd..73857330fa 100644
--- a/src/go/doc/comment.go
+++ b/src/go/doc/comment.go
@@ -445,7 +445,6 @@ func ToText(w io.Writer, text string, indent, preIndent string, width int) {
 					w.Write([]byte("\n"))
 				} else {
 					w.Write([]byte(preIndent))
-					line = convertQuotes(line)
 					w.Write([]byte(line))
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/go/doc/comment_test.go b/src/go/doc/comment_test.go
index e0adeb2f5c..0687f3a62b 100644
--- a/src/go/doc/comment_test.go
+++ b/src/go/doc/comment_test.go
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ $	pre
 $	pre2
 `,
 	},
+	{
+		in: "Para.\n\tshould not be ``escaped''",
+		out: []block{
+			{opPara, []string{"Para.\n"}},
+			{opPre, []string{"should not be ``escaped''"}},
+		},
+		text: ".   Para.\n\n$	should not be ``escaped''",
+	},
 }
 
 func TestBlocks(t *testing.T) {