diff --git a/JavaClass.java b/JavaClass.java
index d3831d6..fc1d0c1 100644
--- a/JavaClass.java
+++ b/JavaClass.java
@@ -184,8 +184,6 @@ void appendField (Field field, FieldNode asmField, Document doc, Element parent)
 		if (asmField == null)
 			// this happens to couple of fields on java.awt.font.TextAttribute, java.lang.Double/Float and so on.
 			System.err.println ("!!!!! WARNING!!! null ASM FieldNode for " + field);
-		//else if (field.isEnumConstant ())
-		//	e.setAttribute ("value", field.getName ());
 		else if (asmField.value != null) {
 			String type = e.getAttribute ("type");
 			boolean isPublic = Modifier.isPublic (mods);
@@ -238,7 +236,7 @@ else if (type == "boolean")
 				else if (type == "java.lang.String") {
 					String value = (String) asmField.value;
 					if (value != null)
-						e.setAttribute ("value", "\"" + value.replace ("\\", "\\\\") + "\"");
+						e.setAttribute ("value", "\"" + escapeLiteral (value.replace ("\\", "\\\\")) + "\"");
 				}
 				else if (Modifier.isStatic (mods) && e.getAttribute ("type").endsWith ("[]"))
 					e.setAttribute ("value", "null");
@@ -252,6 +250,24 @@ else if (!Modifier.isStatic (mods) && e.getAttribute ("type").endsWith ("[]"))
 		parent.appendChild (e);
 	}
 
+	String escapeLiteral (String s)
+	{
+		for (int i = 0; i < s.length (); i++)
+			if (s.charAt (i) < 0x20 || 0xFF <= s.charAt (i))
+				return doEscapeLiteral (new StringBuilder (s), i);
+		return s;
+	}
+
+	String doEscapeLiteral (StringBuilder s, int i)
+	{
+		s.replace (i, i + 1, String.format ("\\u%1$x04" + (int) s.charAt (i)));
+		i += 4;
+		for (;i < s.length (); i++)
+			if (s.charAt (i) < 0x20 || 0xFF <= s.charAt (i))
+				return doEscapeLiteral (s, i);
+		return s.toString ();
+	}
+
 	void appendMethod (Method method, Document doc, Element parent)
 	{
 		int mods = method.getModifiers ();
diff --git a/Start.java b/Start.java
index d03a970..6cfdd54 100644
--- a/Start.java
+++ b/Start.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public static void main (String[] args)
 		List<String> jar_paths = new ArrayList<String> ();
 		String out_path = null;
 		List<String> additional_jar_paths = new ArrayList<String> ();
-		String usage = "Usage: jar2xml --jar=<jarfile> --out=<file> [--javadocpath=<javadoc>] [--droiddocpath=<droiddoc>] [--annotations=<xmlfile>]";
+		String usage = "Usage: jar2xml --jar=<jarfile> [--ref=<jarfile>] --out=<file> [--javadocpath=<javadoc>] [--droiddocpath=<droiddoc>] [--annotations=<xmlfile>]";
 
 		for (String arg : args) {
 			if (arg.startsWith ("--javadocpath=")) {