diff --git a/runtime/doc/autocmd.txt b/runtime/doc/autocmd.txt
index 4d7a426..543c1df 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/autocmd.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/autocmd.txt
@@ -961,6 +961,9 @@
 	\,	matches a ','
 	{ }	like \( \) in a |pattern|
 	,	inside { }: like \| in a |pattern|
+	\}	literal }
+	\{	literal {
+	\\\{n,m\}  like \{n,m} in a |pattern|
 	\	special meaning like in a |pattern|
 	[ch]	matches 'c' or 'h'
 	[^ch]   match any character but 'c' and 'h'
diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index fe90246..731a7b1 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -10327,7 +10327,7 @@
 		 * Don't unescape \, * and others that are also special in a
 		 * regexp.
 		 * An escaped { must be unescaped since we use magic not
-		 * verymagic.
+		 * verymagic.  Use "\\\{n,m\}"" to get "\{n,m}".
 		 */
 		if (*++p == '?'
 #ifdef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME
@@ -10337,8 +10337,14 @@
 		    reg_pat[i++] = '?';
 		else
 		    if (*p == ',' || *p == '%' || *p == '#'
-						    || *p == ' ' || *p == '{')
+				       || *p == ' ' || *p == '{' || *p == '}')
 			reg_pat[i++] = *p;
+		    else if (*p == '\\' && p[1] == '\\' && p[2] == '{')
+		    {
+			reg_pat[i++] = '\\';
+			reg_pat[i++] = '{';
+			p += 2;
+		    }
 		    else
 		    {
 			if (allow_dirs != NULL && vim_ispathsep(*p)
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index ec2c2c0..77c3e8d 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -728,6 +728,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    6,
+/**/
     5,
 /**/
     4,