diff --git a/lib/po.js b/lib/po.js
index e22db97..2bfc3e6 100644
--- a/lib/po.js
+++ b/lib/po.js
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ PO.Item.prototype.toString = function () {
             } else {
                 text = isArray(text) ? text.join() : text;
                 var processed = _process(keyword, text);
+                for (var i = 1; i < processed.length - 1; i++) {
+                    processed[i] = processed[i].slice(0, -1) + '\\n"';
+                }
                 lines = lines.concat(mkObsolete + processed.join('\n' + mkObsolete));
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/write.js b/test/write.js
index dd319ad..06edb97 100644
--- a/test/write.js
+++ b/test/write.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe('Write', function () {
 
             item.msgid = '\n should be written escaped';
             assertHasLine(item.toString(), 'msgid ""');
-            assertHasLine(item.toString(), '""');
+            assertHasLine(item.toString(), '"\\n"');
             assertHasLine(item.toString(), '" should be written escaped"');
         });