diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Support/FormatVariadic.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Support/FormatVariadic.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Support/FormatVariadic.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Support/FormatVariadic.h
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@
 //
 // The characters '{' and '}' are reserved and cannot appear anywhere within a
 // replacement sequence.  Outside of a replacement sequence, in order to print
-// a literal '{' or '}' it must be doubled -- "{{" to print a literal '{' and
-// "}}" to print a literal '}'.
+// a literal '{' it must be doubled as "{{".
 //
 // ===Parameter Indexing===
+//
 // `index` specifies the index of the parameter in the parameter pack to format
 // into the output.  Note that it is possible to refer to the same parameter
 // index multiple times in a given format string.  This makes it possible to
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/Support/FormatVariadicTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/Support/FormatVariadicTest.cpp
--- a/llvm/unittests/Support/FormatVariadicTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/Support/FormatVariadicTest.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,18 @@
   ASSERT_EQ(1u, Replacements.size());
   EXPECT_EQ("{{{", Replacements[0].Spec);
   EXPECT_EQ(ReplacementType::Literal, Replacements[0].Type);
+
+  // } does not require doubling up.
+  Replacements = formatv_object_base::parseFormatString("}");
+  ASSERT_EQ(1u, Replacements.size());
+  EXPECT_EQ("}", Replacements[0].Spec);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ReplacementType::Literal, Replacements[0].Type);
+
+  // } does not require doubling up.
+  Replacements = formatv_object_base::parseFormatString("}}}");
+  ASSERT_EQ(1u, Replacements.size());
+  EXPECT_EQ("}}}", Replacements[0].Spec);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ReplacementType::Literal, Replacements[0].Type);
 }
 
 TEST(FormatVariadicTest, ValidReplacementSequence) {