diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65a657d224..807ea0f3a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 * ![Enhancement][badge-enhancement] The `curl` timeout when checking remote links is now configurable with the `linkcheck_timeout` keyword. ([#1057][github-1057], [#1295][github-1295])
 
+* ![Bugfix][badge-bugfix] Special characters are now properly escaped in admonition titles in LaTeX/PDF builds and do not cause the PDF build to fail anymore. ([#1299][github-1299])
+
 ## Version `v0.24.9`
 
 * ![Bugfix][badge-bugfix] Canonical URLs are now properly prettified (e.g. `/path/` instead of `/path/index.html`) when using `prettyurls=true`. ([#1293][github-1293])
@@ -557,6 +559,7 @@
 [github-1292]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1292
 [github-1293]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1293
 [github-1295]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1295
+[github-1299]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1299
 
 [documenterlatex]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/DocumenterLaTeX.jl
 [documentermarkdown]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/DocumenterMarkdown.jl
diff --git a/src/Writers/LaTeXWriter.jl b/src/Writers/LaTeXWriter.jl
index 59f6e9073f..60015c74c5 100644
--- a/src/Writers/LaTeXWriter.jl
+++ b/src/Writers/LaTeXWriter.jl
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ end
 function latex(io::IO, md::Markdown.Admonition)
     wrapblock(io, "quote") do
         wrapinline(io, "textbf") do
-            _print(io, md.title)
+            latexinline(io, md.title)
         end
         _println(io, "\n")
         latex(io, md.content)
@@ -681,7 +681,6 @@ const _latexescape_chars = Dict{Char, AbstractString}(
     '\\' => "{\\textbackslash}",
     '\'' => "{\\textquotesingle}",
     '"' => "{\\textquotedbl}",
-    '_' => "{\\_}",
 )
 for ch in "&%\$#_{}"
     _latexescape_chars[ch] = "\\$ch"
diff --git a/test/examples/src.latex_simple/index.md b/test/examples/src.latex_simple/index.md
index ef6cd3f464..a03be06c69 100644
--- a/test/examples/src.latex_simple/index.md
+++ b/test/examples/src.latex_simple/index.md
@@ -14,3 +14,11 @@ julia> 127 % Int8
 1 ⊻ 2
 1 | 2
 ```
+
+## Escaping: ~, ^, \, ', ", _, &, %, \, $, #, { and }.
+
+~, ^, \, ', ", _, &, %, \, $, #, { and }.
+
+!!! info "~, ^, \, ', ", _, &, %, \, $, #, { and }."
+
+    ~, ^, \, ', ", _, &, %, \, $, #, { and }.