A \< at the end of the input is exactly the same as \<(space)

generate.c

@@ -1337,7 +1337,8 @@ text(MMIOT *f)
 	case '\\':  switch ( c = pull(f) ) {
 		    case '&':   Qstring("&", f);
 				break;
-		    case '<':   if ( isspace(peek(f,1)) )
+		    case '<':   c = peek(f,1);
+				if ( (c == EOF) || isspace(c) )
 				    Qstring("&lt;", f);
 				else {
 				    /* Markdown.pl does not escape <[nonwhite]

tests/backslash.t

@@ -12,5 +12,9 @@ try -fautolink 'autolink url with trailing \' \
     'http://a.com/\' \
     '<p><a href="http://a.com/\">http://a.com/\</a></p>'
 
+
+try 'backslashes before <text' '\<code>' '<p>\<code></p>'
+try 'backslashes before < (no text)' '\< ' '<p>&lt; </p>'
+
 summary $0
 exit $rc