diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/AbstractDoCoMoParsedResult.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/AbstractDoCoMoParsedResult.java
index 6f182c545..acb5e0cd4 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/AbstractDoCoMoParsedResult.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/AbstractDoCoMoParsedResult.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ abstract class AbstractDoCoMoParsedResult extends ParsedReaderResult {
           if (matches == null) {
             matches = new Vector(3); // lazy init
           }
-          matches.addElement(unescape(rawText.substring(start, i)));
+          matches.addElement(unescapeBackslash(rawText.substring(start, i)));
           i++;
           done = true;
         }
@@ -93,29 +93,6 @@ abstract class AbstractDoCoMoParsedResult extends ParsedReaderResult {
     return matches == null ? null : matches[0];
   }
 
-  private static String unescape(String escaped) {
-    if (escaped != null) {
-      int backslash = escaped.indexOf((int) '\\');
-      if (backslash >= 0) {
-        int max = escaped.length();
-        StringBuffer unescaped = new StringBuffer(max - 1);
-        unescaped.append(escaped.toCharArray(), 0, backslash);
-        boolean nextIsEscaped = false;
-        for (int i = backslash; i < max; i++) {
-          char c = escaped.charAt(i);
-          if (nextIsEscaped || c != '\\') {
-            unescaped.append(c);
-            nextIsEscaped = false;
-          } else {
-            nextIsEscaped = true;
-          }
-        }
-        return unescaped.toString();
-      }
-    }
-    return escaped;
-  }
-
   static void maybeAppend(String value, StringBuffer result) {
     if (value != null) {
       result.append('\n');
diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/ParsedReaderResult.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/ParsedReaderResult.java
index 471f83d8b..44a6c6bdf 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/ParsedReaderResult.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/ParsedReaderResult.java
@@ -76,4 +76,27 @@ public abstract class ParsedReaderResult {
     return getDisplayResult();
   }
 
+  static String unescapeBackslash(String escaped) {
+    if (escaped != null) {
+      int backslash = escaped.indexOf((int) '\\');
+      if (backslash >= 0) {
+        int max = escaped.length();
+        StringBuffer unescaped = new StringBuffer(max - 1);
+        unescaped.append(escaped.toCharArray(), 0, backslash);
+        boolean nextIsEscaped = false;
+        for (int i = backslash; i < max; i++) {
+          char c = escaped.charAt(i);
+          if (nextIsEscaped || c != '\\') {
+            unescaped.append(c);
+            nextIsEscaped = false;
+          } else {
+            nextIsEscaped = true;
+          }
+        }
+        return unescaped.toString();
+      }
+    }
+    return escaped;
+  }
+
 }