diff --git a/autotests/folding/test.py.fold b/autotests/folding/test.py.fold
--- a/autotests/folding/test.py.fold
+++ b/autotests/folding/test.py.fold
@@ -40,3 +40,8 @@
 
     f'x{bar<beginfold id='2'>[</beginfold id='2'>"baz"<endfold id='2'>]</endfold id='2'>!r}y\n'
     f'x{bar<beginfold id='2'>[</beginfold id='2'>"baz"<endfold id='2'>]</endfold id='2'>:.2}y\n'
+
+a = "Escapes in String \U12345678 \xAB \""
+"Escapes in Doc/Comment String \u1234 \xAb \"\\"
+<beginfold id='4'>'''</beginfold id='4'> Doc/Comment String \N{123} \'<endfold id='4'>'''</endfold id='4'>
+<beginfold id='5'>"""</beginfold id='5'> Doc/Comment String \17 \x1f \n \" \\<endfold id='5'>"""</endfold id='5'>
diff --git a/autotests/html/test.py.html b/autotests/html/test.py.html
--- a/autotests/html/test.py.html
+++ b/autotests/html/test.py.html
@@ -46,4 +46,9 @@
 
     <span style="color:#ff5500;">f'x</span><span style="color:#3daee9;">{</span>bar[<span style="color:#bf0303;">&quot;baz&quot;</span>]<span style="color:#3daee9;">!r}</span><span style="color:#ff5500;">y</span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\n</span><span style="color:#ff5500;">'</span>
     <span style="color:#ff5500;">f'x</span><span style="color:#3daee9;">{</span>bar[<span style="color:#bf0303;">&quot;baz&quot;</span>]<span style="color:#3daee9;">:.2}</span><span style="color:#ff5500;">y</span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\n</span><span style="color:#ff5500;">'</span>
+
+a = <span style="color:#bf0303;">&quot;Escapes in String </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\U12345678</span><span style="color:#bf0303;"> </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\xAB</span><span style="color:#bf0303;"> </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\&quot;</span><span style="color:#bf0303;">&quot;</span>
+<span style="color:#898887;">&quot;Escapes in Doc/Comment String </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\u1234</span><span style="color:#898887;"> </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\xAb</span><span style="color:#898887;"> </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\&quot;\\</span><span style="color:#898887;">&quot;</span>
+<span style="color:#898887;">''' Doc/Comment String </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\N{123}</span><span style="color:#898887;"> </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\'</span><span style="color:#898887;">'''</span>
+<span style="color:#898887;">&quot;&quot;&quot; Doc/Comment String </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\17</span><span style="color:#898887;"> </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\x1f</span><span style="color:#898887;"> </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\n</span><span style="color:#898887;"> </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\&quot;</span><span style="color:#898887;"> </span><span style="color:#924c9d;">\\</span><span style="color:#898887;">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
 </pre></body></html>
diff --git a/autotests/input/test.py b/autotests/input/test.py
--- a/autotests/input/test.py
+++ b/autotests/input/test.py
@@ -40,3 +40,8 @@
 
     f'x{bar["baz"]!r}y\n'
     f'x{bar["baz"]:.2}y\n'
+
+a = "Escapes in String \U12345678 \xAB \""
+"Escapes in Doc/Comment String \u1234 \xAb \"\\"
+''' Doc/Comment String \N{123} \''''
+""" Doc/Comment String \17 \x1f \n \" \\"""
diff --git a/autotests/reference/test.py.ref b/autotests/reference/test.py.ref
--- a/autotests/reference/test.py.ref
+++ b/autotests/reference/test.py.ref
@@ -40,3 +40,8 @@
 <dsNormal></dsNormal><br/>
 <Normal Text>    </Normal Text><F-String>f'x</F-String><String Substitution>{</String Substitution><Normal Text>bar[</Normal Text><String>"baz"</String><Normal Text>]</Normal Text><String Substitution>!r}</String Substitution><F-String>y</F-String><String Char>\n</String Char><F-String>'</F-String><br/>
 <Normal Text>    </Normal Text><F-String>f'x</F-String><String Substitution>{</String Substitution><Normal Text>bar[</Normal Text><String>"baz"</String><Normal Text>]</Normal Text><String Substitution>:.2}</String Substitution><F-String>y</F-String><String Char>\n</String Char><F-String>'</F-String><br/>
+<dsNormal></dsNormal><br/>
+<Normal Text>a </Normal Text><Operator>=</Operator><Normal Text> </Normal Text><String>"Escapes in String </String><String Char>\U12345678</String Char><String> </String><String Char>\xAB</String Char><String> </String><String Char>\"</String Char><String>"</String><br/>
+<Comment>"Escapes in Doc/Comment String </Comment><String Char>\u1234</String Char><Comment> </Comment><String Char>\xAb</String Char><Comment> </Comment><String Char>\"\\</String Char><Comment>"</Comment><br/>
+<Comment>''' Doc/Comment String </Comment><String Char>\N{123}</String Char><Comment> </Comment><String Char>\'</String Char><Comment>'''</Comment><br/>
+<Comment>""" Doc/Comment String </Comment><String Char>\17</String Char><Comment> </Comment><String Char>\x1f</String Char><Comment> </Comment><String Char>\n</String Char><Comment> </Comment><String Char>\"</String Char><Comment> </Comment><String Char>\\</String Char><Comment>"""</Comment><br/>
diff --git a/data/syntax/python.xml b/data/syntax/python.xml
--- a/data/syntax/python.xml
+++ b/data/syntax/python.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 <!-- v2.07 add support for %prog and co, see bug 142832 -->
 <!-- v2.08 add missing overloaders, new Python 3 statements, builtins, and keywords -->
 <!-- v2.29 recognize escape sequenzes correctly -->
-<language name="Python" version="5" style="python" kateversion="5.0" section="Scripts" extensions="*.py;*.pyw;SConstruct;SConscript" mimetype="application/x-python;text/x-python" casesensitive="1" author="Michael Bueker" license="">
+<language name="Python" version="6" style="python" kateversion="5.0" section="Scripts" extensions="*.py;*.pyw;SConstruct;SConscript" mimetype="application/x-python;text/x-python;text/x-python3" casesensitive="1" author="Michael Bueker" license="">
 	<highlighting>
 		<list name="import">
 			<item>import</item>
@@ -446,24 +446,25 @@
 			</context>
 
 			<context name="Triple A-comment" attribute="Comment" lineEndContext="#stay" noIndentationBasedFolding="true">
+				<IncludeRules context="stringescape"/>
 				<StringDetect attribute="Comment" String="'''" context="#pop" endRegion="Triple A-region"/>
 				<IncludeRules context="##Alerts_indent" />
 			</context>
 
 			<context name="Triple Q-comment" attribute="Comment" lineEndContext="#stay" noIndentationBasedFolding="true">
-				<HlCChar attribute="Comment" context="#stay"/>
+				<IncludeRules context="stringescape"/>
 				<StringDetect attribute="Comment" String="&quot;&quot;&quot;" context="#pop" endRegion="Triple Q-region"/>
 				<IncludeRules context="##Alerts_indent" />
 			</context>
 
 			<context name="Single A-comment" attribute="Comment" lineEndContext="#stay">
-				<HlCStringChar attribute="Comment" context="#stay"/>
+				<IncludeRules context="stringescape"/>
 				<DetectChar attribute="Comment" char="'" context="#pop"/>
 				<IncludeRules context="##Alerts_indent" />
 			</context>
 
 			<context name="Single Q-comment" attribute="Comment" lineEndContext="#stay">
-				<HlCStringChar attribute="Comment" context="#stay"/>
+				<IncludeRules context="stringescape"/>
 				<DetectChar attribute="Comment" char="&quot;" context="#pop"/>
 				<IncludeRules context="##Alerts_indent" />
 			</context>