diff --git a/components/prism-reason.js b/components/prism-reason.js
index 222b75020e..462f10e93d 100644
--- a/components/prism-reason.js
+++ b/components/prism-reason.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Prism.languages.reason = Prism.languages.extend('clike', {
 		lookbehind: true
 	},
 	'string': {
-		pattern: /"(\\(?:\r\n|[\s\S])|[^\\\r\n"])*"/,
+		pattern: /"(?:\\(?:\r\n|[\s\S])|[^\\\r\n"])*"/,
 		greedy: true
 	},
 	// 'class-name' must be matched *after* 'constructor' defined below
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Prism.languages.reason = Prism.languages.extend('clike', {
 });
 Prism.languages.insertBefore('reason', 'class-name', {
 	'character': {
-		pattern: /'(?:\\x[\da-f]{2}|\\o[0-3][0-7][0-7]|\\\d{3}|\\.|[^'])'/,
+		pattern: /'(?:\\x[\da-f]{2}|\\o[0-3][0-7][0-7]|\\\d{3}|\\.|[^'\\\r\n])'/,
 		alias: 'string'
 	},
 	'constructor': {
diff --git a/components/prism-reason.min.js b/components/prism-reason.min.js
index 1d3fff3313..fcdc91bfb9 100644
--- a/components/prism-reason.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-reason.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.reason=Prism.languages.extend("clike",{comment:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//,lookbehind:!0},string:{pattern:/"(\\(?:\r\n|[\s\S])|[^\\\r\n"])*"/,greedy:!0},"class-name":/\b[A-Z]\w*/,keyword:/\b(?:and|as|assert|begin|class|constraint|do|done|downto|else|end|exception|external|for|fun|function|functor|if|in|include|inherit|initializer|lazy|let|method|module|mutable|new|nonrec|object|of|open|or|private|rec|sig|struct|switch|then|to|try|type|val|virtual|when|while|with)\b/,operator:/\.{3}|:[:=]|=(?:==?|>)?|<=?|>=?|[|^?'#!~`]|[+\-*\/]\.?|\b(?:mod|land|lor|lxor|lsl|lsr|asr)\b/}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("reason","class-name",{character:{pattern:/'(?:\\x[\da-f]{2}|\\o[0-3][0-7][0-7]|\\\d{3}|\\.|[^'])'/,alias:"string"},constructor:{pattern:/\b[A-Z]\w*\b(?!\s*\.)/,alias:"variable"},label:{pattern:/\b[a-z]\w*(?=::)/,alias:"symbol"}}),delete Prism.languages.reason.function;
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+Prism.languages.reason=Prism.languages.extend("clike",{comment:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//,lookbehind:!0},string:{pattern:/"(?:\\(?:\r\n|[\s\S])|[^\\\r\n"])*"/,greedy:!0},"class-name":/\b[A-Z]\w*/,keyword:/\b(?:and|as|assert|begin|class|constraint|do|done|downto|else|end|exception|external|for|fun|function|functor|if|in|include|inherit|initializer|lazy|let|method|module|mutable|new|nonrec|object|of|open|or|private|rec|sig|struct|switch|then|to|try|type|val|virtual|when|while|with)\b/,operator:/\.{3}|:[:=]|=(?:==?|>)?|<=?|>=?|[|^?'#!~`]|[+\-*\/]\.?|\b(?:mod|land|lor|lxor|lsl|lsr|asr)\b/}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("reason","class-name",{character:{pattern:/'(?:\\x[\da-f]{2}|\\o[0-3][0-7][0-7]|\\\d{3}|\\.|[^'\\\r\n])'/,alias:"string"},constructor:{pattern:/\b[A-Z]\w*\b(?!\s*\.)/,alias:"variable"},label:{pattern:/\b[a-z]\w*(?=::)/,alias:"symbol"}}),delete Prism.languages.reason.function;
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