diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
index 6977d4df9afa5..70012e3dc7c1b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Console\Descriptor;
 
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Formatter\OutputFormatter;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\Table;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Alias;
@@ -226,7 +227,8 @@ protected function describeContainerServices(ContainerBuilder $builder, array $o
         $rawOutput = isset($options['raw_text']) && $options['raw_text'];
         foreach ($this->sortServiceIds($serviceIds) as $serviceId) {
             $definition = $this->resolveServiceDefinition($builder, $serviceId);
-            $styledServiceId = $rawOutput ? $serviceId : sprintf('<fg=cyan>%s</fg=cyan>', $serviceId);
+
+            $styledServiceId = $rawOutput ? $serviceId : sprintf('<fg=cyan>%s</fg=cyan>', OutputFormatter::escape($serviceId));
             if ($definition instanceof Definition) {
                 if ($showTag) {
                     foreach ($definition->getTag($showTag) as $key => $tag) {