diff --git a/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestCommentsAndSpacing.fs b/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestCommentsAndSpacing.fs
index b4e1314..45fc7fd 100644
--- a/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestCommentsAndSpacing.fs
+++ b/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestCommentsAndSpacing.fs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module MyModule =
         expect {
             snapshot (* first comment *) (* second comment *)
                 (* third comment on new line *)
-                @""updated after many comments""
+                ""updated after many comments""
 
             return 123
         }
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ module MyModule =
 
     let nestedComments () =
         expect {
-            snapshot (* outer (* inner *) comment *) @""updated after nested comments""
+            snapshot (* outer (* inner *) comment *) ""updated after nested comments""
             return ""nested""
         }
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ module MyModule =
 
     let commentWithSpecialChars () =
         expect {
-            snapshot (* comment with ""quotes"" and \ backslash *) @""updated after weird comment""
+            snapshot (* comment with ""quotes"" and \ backslash *) ""updated after weird comment""
             return ""special""
         }
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ module MyModule =
             snapshot
 
 
-                @""updated after spaces""
+                ""updated after spaces""
 
             return ""whitespace""
         }
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ module MyModule =
         expect {
             snapshotJson (* comment 1 *)
                 (* comment 2 *)
-                (* comment 3 *) @""updated after comments""
+                (* comment 3 *) ""updated after comments""
 
             return 123
         }
diff --git a/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestEdgeCases.fs b/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestEdgeCases.fs
index 8e25332..a5389f0 100644
--- a/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestEdgeCases.fs
+++ b/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestEdgeCases.fs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ open WoofWare.Expect
 module MyModule =
     let emptyString () =
         expect {
-            snapshot @""now has content""
+            snapshot ""now has content""
             return """"
         }
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ module MyModule =
 
     let emptyVerbatim () =
         expect {
-            snapshot @""now has content""
+            snapshot ""now has content""
             return """"
         }
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ module MyModule =
 
     let emptyTripleQuote () =
         expect {
-            snapshot @""now has content""
+            snapshot ""now has content""
             return """"
         }
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ module MyModule =
 
     let onlyWhitespace () =
         expect {
-            snapshot @""now has content""
+            snapshot ""now has content""
             return ""whitespace""
         }
 
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ module MyModule =
     let veryLongLine () =
         expect {
             snapshot
-                @""this line is short though""
+                ""this line is short though""
 
             return ""long line""
         }
diff --git a/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestMultilineComplex.fs b/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestMultilineComplex.fs
index ea254fc..e0e57a0 100644
--- a/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestMultilineComplex.fs
+++ b/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestMultilineComplex.fs
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ Sixth line""
 
     let windowsLineEndings () =
         expect {
-            snapshot @""down with line endings""
+            snapshot ""down with line endings""
             return ""crlf""
         }
 "
diff --git a/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestSnapshotFinding.fs b/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestSnapshotFinding.fs
index 66f4ced..0c2d3e8 100644
--- a/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestSnapshotFinding.fs
+++ b/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestSnapshotFinding.fs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ open WoofWare.Expect
 module MyModule =
     let foo () =
         expect {
-            snapshot @""replacement""
+            snapshot ""replacement""
             return 123
         }
 "
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ open WoofWare.Expect
 module MyModule =
     let foo () =
         expect {
-            snapshot @""replacement""
+            snapshot ""replacement""
             return 123
         }
 "
diff --git a/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestUnicodeCharacters.fs b/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestUnicodeCharacters.fs
index 1171fa8..729d960 100644
--- a/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestUnicodeCharacters.fs
+++ b/WoofWare.Expect.Test/TestSnapshotFinding/TestUnicodeCharacters.fs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ open WoofWare.Expect
 module MyModule =
     let emoji () =
         expect {
-            snapshot @""Updated with 🚀🌟✨ more emoji!""
+            snapshot ""Updated with 🚀🌟✨ more emoji!""
             return 123
         }
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ module MyModule =
 
     let arabicRTL () =
         expect {
-            snapshot @""Updated Arabic: مرحبا بالعالم""
+            snapshot ""Updated Arabic: مرحبا بالعالم""
             return ""rtl test""
         }
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ module MyModule =
     let combiningCharacters () =
         expect {
             // Combining diacritics: e + ́ = é
-            snapshot @""updated test with combining: é and ä!""
+            snapshot ""updated test with combining: é and ä!""
             return ""combining""
         }
 
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ module MyModule =
 
     let mixedScripts () =
         expect {
-            snapshotJson @""Updated mixed: English, русский, 日本語, العربية, emoji 🚀""
+            snapshotJson ""Updated mixed: English, русский, 日本語, العربية, emoji 🚀""
             return [ ""multilingual"" ]
         }
 
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ module MyModule =
 
     let zeroWidthChars () =
         expect {
-            snapshot @""Updated: Zero​width​space​test"" // Contains U+200B
+            snapshot ""Updated: Zero​width​space​test"" // Contains U+200B
             return ""zwsp""
         }
 
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ module MyModule =
 
     let mathSymbols () =
         expect {
-            snapshot @""Pretty vacuous, huh: ∀x∈ℝ, ∃y: x² + y² = 1 ⟹ |x| ≤ 1""
+            snapshot ""Pretty vacuous, huh: ∀x∈ℝ, ∃y: x² + y² = 1 ⟹ |x| ≤ 1""
             return ""math""
         }
 "
diff --git a/WoofWare.Expect/SnapshotUpdate.fs b/WoofWare.Expect/SnapshotUpdate.fs
index 0a9e667..37bd0ed 100644
--- a/WoofWare.Expect/SnapshotUpdate.fs
+++ b/WoofWare.Expect/SnapshotUpdate.fs
@@ -203,11 +203,22 @@ module internal SnapshotUpdate =
                         )
                 )
 
+    let internal stringLiteral (content : string) =
+        if
+            (content.IndexOf '\n' < 0)
+            && (content.IndexOf '\\' < 0)
+            && (content.IndexOf '"' < 0)
+        then
+            // simple case where there's no escaping
+            "\"" + content + "\""
+        else
+            "@\"" + content.Replace ("\"", "\"\"") + "\""
+
     /// Update the snapshot string with a new value; this doesn't edit the file on disk, but
     /// instead returns the new contents.
     /// We always write single-quoted @-strings for simplicity.
     let private updateSnapshot (lines : string[]) (info : StringLiteralInfo) (newContent : string) : string[] =
-        let newString = "@\"" + newContent.Replace ("\"", "\"\"") + "\""
+        let newString = stringLiteral newContent
 
         if info.StartLine = info.EndLine then
             // Single line update
@@ -230,7 +241,7 @@ module internal SnapshotUpdate =
 
             let newLines =
                 if newContent.IndexOf '\n' >= 0 then
-                    let split = newContent.Replace("\"", "\"\"").Split ('\n')
+                    let split = newContent.Replace("\"", "\"\"").Split '\n'
 
                     match split with
                     | [||] -> failwith "expected contents from split string"