diff --git a/glob.go b/glob.go
index 47a4c47..58f45c9 100644
--- a/glob.go
+++ b/glob.go
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ func MustCompile(pattern string, separators ...rune) Glob {
 	return g
 }
 
-// QuoteMeta returns a string that quotes all glob pattern metacharacters
+// QuoteMeta returns a string that quotes all glob pattern meta characters
 // inside the argument text; For example, QuoteMeta(`{foo*}`) returns `\[foo\*\]`.
 func QuoteMeta(s string) string {
 	b := make([]byte, 2*len(s))
 
-	// A byte loop is correct because all metacharacters are ASCII.
+	// a byte loop is correct because all meta characters are ASCII
 	j := 0
 	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
 		if special(s[i]) {
diff --git a/glob_test.go b/glob_test.go
index 5e6c360..6fe73a6 100644
--- a/glob_test.go
+++ b/glob_test.go
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ func TestGlob(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestQuoteMeta(t *testing.T) {
+	specialsQuoted := make([]byte, len(specials)*2)
+	for i, j := 0, 0; i < len(specials); i, j = i+1, j+2 {
+		specialsQuoted[j] = '\\'
+		specialsQuoted[j+1] = specials[i]
+	}
+
 	for id, test := range []struct {
 		in, out string
 	}{
@@ -158,11 +164,22 @@ func TestQuoteMeta(t *testing.T) {
 			in:  `[foo*]`,
 			out: `\[foo\*\]`,
 		},
+		{
+			in:  string(specials),
+			out: string(specialsQuoted),
+		},
+		{
+			in:  string(append([]byte("some text and"), specials...)),
+			out: string(append([]byte("some text and"), specialsQuoted...)),
+		},
 	} {
 		act := QuoteMeta(test.in)
 		if act != test.out {
 			t.Errorf("#%d QuoteMeta(%q) = %q; want %q", id, test.in, act, test.out)
 		}
+		if _, err := Compile(act); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("#%d _, err := Compile(QuoteMeta(%q) = %q); err = %q", id, test.in, act, err)
+		}
 	}
 }