diff --git a/src/bottles/commands.cpp.cog b/src/bottles/commands.cpp.cog
index 2b5384a..8d07562 100644
--- a/src/bottles/commands.cpp.cog
+++ b/src/bottles/commands.cpp.cog
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ DLL_PUBLIC map<string, CommandFunction> cellar::commands::bottles_commands() {
                     desc = " ".join(linesplit[2:]) # Rest of line assumed to be description
                     cog.outl("cellar::help::set_description(\"{0}\", \"{1}\");"
                              .format(name, desc
-                             .replace("\"", "\\\"")
-                             .replace("\\", "\\\\")))
+                             .replace("\\", "\\\\")
+                             .replace("\"", "\\\"")))
                              # the replace methods escape " and \ characters
                 else:
                     print("-- No description is available for the {0} command.".format(name))
diff --git a/src/commands.cpp.cog b/src/commands.cpp.cog
index bc1dee8..d65f9bf 100644
--- a/src/commands.cpp.cog
+++ b/src/commands.cpp.cog
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ map<string, CommandFunction> cellar::commands::core_commands() {
                     desc = " ".join(linesplit[2:]) # Rest of line assumed to be description
                     cog.outl("cellar::help::set_description(\"{0}\", \"{1}\");"
                              .format(name, desc
-                             .replace("\"", "\\\"")
-                             .replace("\\", "\\\\")))
+                             .replace("\\", "\\\\")
+                             .replace("\"", "\\\"")))
                              # the replace methods escape " and \ characters
                 else:
                     print("-- No description is available for the {0} command.".format(name))
diff --git a/src/launch/commands.cpp.cog b/src/launch/commands.cpp.cog
index adba1a9..65c940c 100644
--- a/src/launch/commands.cpp.cog
+++ b/src/launch/commands.cpp.cog
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ DLL_PUBLIC map<string, CommandFunction> cellar::commands::launch_commands() {
                     desc = " ".join(linesplit[2:]) # Rest of line assumed to be description
                     cog.outl("cellar::help::set_description(\"{0}\", \"{1}\");"
                              .format(name, desc
-                             .replace("\"", "\\\"")
-                             .replace("\\", "\\\\")))
+                             .replace("\\", "\\\\")
+                             .replace("\"", "\\\"")))
                              # the replace methods escape " and \ characters
                 else:
                     print("-- No description is available for the {0} command.".format(name))