diff --git a/share/functions/alias.fish b/share/functions/alias.fish
index 7df1f42ad..320ddb0e2 100644
--- a/share/functions/alias.fish
+++ b/share/functions/alias.fish
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function alias --description 'Creates a function wrapping a command'
     if not set -q argv[1]
         # Print the known aliases.
         for func in (functions -n)
-            set -l output (functions $func | string match -r -- "^function .* --description '?alias(.*)")
+            set -l output (functions $func | string match -r -- "^function .* --description (?:'alias (.*)'|alias\\\\ (.*))\$")
             if set -q output[2]
                 set output (string replace -r -- '^'$func'[= ]' '' $output[2])
                 echo alias $func (string escape -- $output[1])
diff --git a/tests/checks/alias.fish b/tests/checks/alias.fish
index 569ee125e..e89c39377 100644
--- a/tests/checks/alias.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/alias.fish
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ my_alias
 # CHECK: foo ran
 
 alias a-2='echo "hello there"'
+alias a-3='echo hello\ there'
 
 alias foo '"a b" c d e'
 # Bare `alias` should list the aliases we have created and nothing else
@@ -16,5 +17,6 @@ alias foo '"a b" c d e'
 # framework and we can't predict the definition.
 alias | grep -Ev '^alias (fish_indent|fish_key_reader) '
 # CHECK: alias a-2 'echo "hello there"'
+# CHECK: alias a-3 echo\\\ hello\\\\\\\ there
 # CHECK: alias foo '"a b" c d e'
 # CHECK: alias my_alias 'foo; and echo foo ran'