diff --git a/src/bin/cargo-fmt.rs b/src/bin/cargo-fmt.rs
index eeccae5c0776..93348b829966 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo-fmt.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo-fmt.rs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ fn print_usage(opts: &Options, reason: &str) {
     let msg = format!("{}\nusage: cargo fmt [options]", reason);
     println!(
         "{}\nThis utility formats all bin and lib files of the current crate using rustfmt. \
-              Arguments after `--` are passed to rustfmt.",
+         Arguments after `--` are passed to rustfmt.",
         opts.usage(&msg)
     );
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/rustfmt.rs b/src/bin/rustfmt.rs
index 58b7e3ac8fd0..e819579db143 100644
--- a/src/bin/rustfmt.rs
+++ b/src/bin/rustfmt.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ fn make_opts() -> Options {
         "",
         "config-path",
         "Recursively searches the given path for the rustfmt.toml config file. If not \
-                 found reverts to the input file path",
+         found reverts to the input file path",
         "[Path for the configuration file]",
     );
     opts.optopt(
diff --git a/src/checkstyle.rs b/src/checkstyle.rs
index 90ba45610246..7b7ab2e1b2de 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle.rs
+++ b/src/checkstyle.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ where
                 write!(
                     writer,
                     "<error line=\"{}\" severity=\"warning\" message=\"Should be `{}`\" \
-                             />",
+                     />",
                     mismatch.line_number,
                     message
                 )?;
diff --git a/src/expr.rs b/src/expr.rs
index cba0ef381a03..3b78dc961c20 100644
--- a/src/expr.rs
+++ b/src/expr.rs
@@ -1857,7 +1857,26 @@ fn rewrite_string_lit(context: &RewriteContext, span: Span, shape: Shape) -> Opt
     let string_lit = context.snippet(span);
 
     if !context.config.format_strings() && !context.config.force_format_strings() {
-        return Some(string_lit);
+        if string_lit
+            .lines()
+            .rev()
+            .skip(1)
+            .all(|line| line.ends_with('\\'))
+        {
+            let new_indent = shape.visual_indent(1).indent;
+            return Some(String::from(
+                string_lit
+                    .lines()
+                    .map(|line| {
+                        new_indent.to_string(context.config) + line.trim_left()
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                    .join("\n")
+                    .trim_left(),
+            ));
+        } else {
+            return Some(string_lit);
+        }
     }
 
     if !context.config.force_format_strings() &&
diff --git a/src/file_lines.rs b/src/file_lines.rs
index 4eae2602908b..6fa243dc1868 100644
--- a/src/file_lines.rs
+++ b/src/file_lines.rs
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ impl<'de> ::serde::de::Deserialize<'de> for FileLines {
     {
         panic!(
             "FileLines cannot be deserialized from a project rustfmt.toml file: please \
-                specify it via the `--file-lines` option instead"
+             specify it via the `--file-lines` option instead"
         );
     }
 }