diff --git a/autotests/folding/highlight.tex.fold b/autotests/folding/highlight.tex.fold
--- a/autotests/folding/highlight.tex.fold
+++ b/autotests/folding/highlight.tex.fold
@@ -269,3 +269,7 @@
 
 text<beginfold id='1'>\begin</beginfold id='1'>{tabular}text\end{tabular<endfold id='1'>}</endfold id='1'>
 text<beginfold id='1'>\begin</beginfold id='1'>{a}text<endfold id='1'>\end</endfold id='1'>{a<endfold id='1'>}</endfold id='1'>
+
+% Close brackets correctly in some commands (see bug #415384)
+\input{\a{}}
+\cites{ text { text } text }
diff --git a/autotests/html/highlight.tex.html b/autotests/html/highlight.tex.html
--- a/autotests/html/highlight.tex.html
+++ b/autotests/html/highlight.tex.html
@@ -275,4 +275,8 @@
 
 text<span style="font-weight:bold;">\begin</span>{<span style="color:#0095ff;font-weight:bold;">tabular</span>}text<span style="font-weight:bold;">\end</span>{<span style="color:#0095ff;font-weight:bold;">tabular</span>}
 text<span style="font-weight:bold;">\begin</span>{<span style="color:#0095ff;font-weight:bold;">a</span>}text<span style="font-weight:bold;">\end</span>{<span style="color:#0095ff;font-weight:bold;">a</span>}
+
+<span style="color:#898887;">% Close brackets correctly in some commands (see bug #415384)</span>
+<span style="color:#644a9b;">\input</span>{<span style="color:#644a9b;">\a</span>{}}
+<span style="font-weight:bold;">\cites</span>{<span style="color:#0095ff;font-weight:bold;"> text </span>{<span style="color:#0095ff;font-weight:bold;"> text </span>}<span style="color:#0095ff;font-weight:bold;"> text </span>}
 </pre></body></html>
diff --git a/autotests/input/highlight.tex b/autotests/input/highlight.tex
--- a/autotests/input/highlight.tex
+++ b/autotests/input/highlight.tex
@@ -269,3 +269,7 @@
 
 text\begin{tabular}text\end{tabular}
 text\begin{a}text\end{a}
+
+% Close brackets correctly in some commands (see bug #415384)
+\input{\a{}}
+\cites{ text { text } text }
diff --git a/autotests/reference/highlight.tex.ref b/autotests/reference/highlight.tex.ref
--- a/autotests/reference/highlight.tex.ref
+++ b/autotests/reference/highlight.tex.ref
@@ -269,3 +269,7 @@
 <Normal Text></Normal Text><br/>
 <Normal Text>text</Normal Text><Structure>\begin</Structure><Normal Text>{</Normal Text><Environment>tabular</Environment><Normal Text>}text</Normal Text><Structure>\end</Structure><Normal Text>{</Normal Text><Environment>tabular</Environment><Normal Text>}</Normal Text><br/>
 <Normal Text>text</Normal Text><Structure>\begin</Structure><Normal Text>{</Normal Text><Environment>a</Environment><Normal Text>}text</Normal Text><Structure>\end</Structure><Normal Text>{</Normal Text><Environment>a</Environment><Normal Text>}</Normal Text><br/>
+<Normal Text></Normal Text><br/>
+<Comment>% Close brackets correctly in some commands (see bug #415384)</Comment><br/>
+<Macro>\input</Macro><Normal Text>{</Normal Text><Macro>\a</Macro><Normal Text>{}}</Normal Text><br/>
+<Structure>\cites</Structure><Normal Text>{</Normal Text><Environment> text </Environment><Normal Text>{</Normal Text><Environment> text </Environment><Normal Text>}</Normal Text><Environment> text </Environment><Normal Text>}</Normal Text><br/>
diff --git a/data/syntax/latex.xml b/data/syntax/latex.xml
--- a/data/syntax/latex.xml
+++ b/data/syntax/latex.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <!ENTITY envname "[a-zA-Z]+\*?">
     <!ENTITY regionmarker "&#037;\s*(?:BEGIN|END)">
 ]>
-<language name="LaTeX" version="10" section="Markup" kateversion="5.0" priority="10" extensions="*.tex;*.ltx;*.dtx;*.sty;*.cls;*.bbx;*.cbx;*.lbx;*.tikz;*.pgf" mimetype="text/x-tex" casesensitive="1" author="Jeroen Wijnhout (Jeroen.Wijnhout@kdemail.net)+Holger Danielsson (holger.danielsson@versanet.de)+Michel Ludwig (michel.ludwig@kdemail.net)+Thomas Braun (thomas.braun@virtuell-zuhause.de)" license="LGPL" >
+<language name="LaTeX" version="11" section="Markup" kateversion="5.0" priority="10" extensions="*.tex;*.ltx;*.dtx;*.sty;*.cls;*.bbx;*.cbx;*.lbx;*.tikz;*.pgf" mimetype="text/x-tex" casesensitive="1" author="Jeroen Wijnhout (Jeroen.Wijnhout@kdemail.net)+Holger Danielsson (holger.danielsson@versanet.de)+Michel Ludwig (michel.ludwig@kdemail.net)+Thomas Braun (thomas.braun@virtuell-zuhause.de)" license="LGPL" >
   <highlighting>
     <!-- NOTE: Keywords of kind "\something" do not need a delimiter before "\".
          Using a DetectChar rule with lookAhead to detect "\" at the beginning
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@
         <DetectChar char="%" attribute="Comment" context="Comment"/>
         <DetectChar char="&bullet;" attribute="Bullet" context="#stay"/>
         <DetectChar char="}" attribute="Normal Text" context="#pop"/>
+        <DetectChar char="{" attribute="Normal Text" context="FancyLabelParameter"/>
       </context>
 
       <context name="FancyLabelOption" attribute="Option Text" lineEndContext="#stay">
@@ -497,6 +498,7 @@
         <DetectChar char="%" attribute="Comment" context="Comment"/>
         <DetectChar char="&bullet;" attribute="Bullet" context="#stay"/>
         <DetectChar char="}" attribute="Normal Text" context="#pop"/>
+        <DetectChar char="{" attribute="Normal Text" context="SpecialCommandParameterOption"/>
       </context>
 
       <!-- end of an environment -->