diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7ec8928..b2b593f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 	enhancement: add rsync options:
 		"chown",
 		"omit-dir-times",
+		"omit-dir-times"
 		"omit-link-times"
 	change: _verbatim forced for 'exitcodes' entry.
+	fix: ']' is not escaped for rsync rules, since rsync only applies
+	     doesn't applie pattern matching if no other pattern chars
+		 are found.
 
 15-10-2015: 2.1.6
 	enhancement: Lsyncd now locks its pidfile
diff --git a/default-rsync.lua b/default-rsync.lua
index d51dc9e..0af6acd 100644
--- a/default-rsync.lua
+++ b/default-rsync.lua
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ rsync.action = function( inlet )
 		return p:
 			gsub( '%?', '\\?' ):
 			gsub( '%*', '\\*' ):
-			gsub( '%[', '\\[' ):
-			gsub( '%]', '\\]' )
+			gsub( '%[', '\\[' )
 	end
 
 	--