diff --git a/common/content/commands.js b/common/content/commands.js
index ee9a653b..fe3b9fdc 100644
--- a/common/content/commands.js
+++ b/common/content/commands.js
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ function Commands() //{{{
         // @param allowUnknownOptions: -foo won't result in an error, if -foo isn't
         //                             specified in "options"
         // TODO: should it handle comments?
+        //     : it might be nice to be able to specify that certain quoting
+        //     should be disabled E.g. backslash without having to resort to
+        //     using literal etc
         parseArgs: function (str, options, argCount, allowUnknownOptions, literal, complete, extra)
         {
             function getNextArg(str) commands.parseArg(str);
diff --git a/common/content/editor.js b/common/content/editor.js
index 597129e9..8d0073b5 100644
--- a/common/content/editor.js
+++ b/common/content/editor.js
@@ -179,7 +179,11 @@ function Editor() //{{{
 
         commands.add([ch ? ch + "una[bbrev]" : "una[bbreviate]"],
             "Remove an abbreviation" + modeDescription,
-            function (args) { editor.removeAbbreviation(mode, args.string); });
+            function (args) { editor.removeAbbreviation(mode, args.literalArg); },
+            {
+                argCount: "1",
+                literal: 0
+            });
 
         commands.add([ch + "abc[lear]"],
             "Remove all abbreviations" + modeDescription,