diff --git a/doc/config.rst b/doc/config.rst
index 368674692..b4d7662eb 100644
--- a/doc/config.rst
+++ b/doc/config.rst
@@ -412,8 +412,6 @@ Options for HTML output
 These options influence HTML as well as HTML Help output, and other builders
 that use Sphinx' HTMLWriter class.
 
-.. XXX document html_context
-
 .. confval:: html_theme
 
    The "theme" that the HTML output should use.  See the :doc:`section about
@@ -461,6 +459,14 @@ that use Sphinx' HTMLWriter class.
 
    .. versionadded:: 0.4
 
+.. confval:: html_context
+
+   A dictionary of values to pass into the template engine's context for all
+   pages.  Single values can also be put in this dictionary using the
+   :option:`-A` command-line option of ``sphinx-build``.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 0.5
+
 .. confval:: html_logo
 
    If given, this must be the name of an image file that is the logo of the
diff --git a/doc/ext/autodoc.rst b/doc/ext/autodoc.rst
index 6c4a147ac..c5c90d732 100644
--- a/doc/ext/autodoc.rst
+++ b/doc/ext/autodoc.rst
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ inserting them into the page source under a suitable :rst:dir:`py:module`,
      .. versionadded:: 1.1
 
    * For classes and exceptions, members inherited from base classes will be
-     left out, unless you give the ``inherited-members`` flag option, in
-     addition to ``members``::
+     left out when documenting all members, unless you give the
+     ``inherited-members`` flag option, in addition to ``members``::
 
         .. autoclass:: Noodle
            :members:
diff --git a/sphinx/directives/__init__.py b/sphinx/directives/__init__.py
index f11a40595..6e0300abc 100644
--- a/sphinx/directives/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/directives/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ except AttributeError:
 
 # RE to strip backslash escapes
 nl_escape_re = re.compile(r'\\\n')
-strip_backslash_re = re.compile(r'\\(?=[^\\])')
+strip_backslash_re = re.compile(r'\\(.)')
 
 
 class ObjectDescription(Directive):
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class ObjectDescription(Directive):
         """
         lines = nl_escape_re.sub('', self.arguments[0]).split('\n')
         # remove backslashes to support (dummy) escapes; helps Vim highlighting
-        return [strip_backslash_re.sub('', line.strip()) for line in lines]
+        return [strip_backslash_re.sub(r'\1', line.strip()) for line in lines]
 
     def handle_signature(self, sig, signode):
         """
diff --git a/tests/root/markup.txt b/tests/root/markup.txt
index 8f070f4cc..71197689a 100644
--- a/tests/root/markup.txt
+++ b/tests/root/markup.txt
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ Tables
 
 .. tabularcolumns:: |L|p{5cm}|R|
 
-
 .. _my-table:
+
 .. table:: my table
 
    +----+----------------+----+