diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/review_classifier/review.rs b/swarm-controller/src/review_classifier/review.rs
index 621537b5..799cdb2f 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/review_classifier/review.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/review_classifier/review.rs
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ fn table(rows: &[Row]) -> String {
 }
 
 /// `text` as one table cell's inline text: on one line, with every character
-/// that could end the cell, start markup or raw HTML escaped, and a zero-width
+/// that could end the cell, start markup, math (`$`) or raw HTML escaped, and a zero-width
 /// space after every `@`, `#`, `!`, `://` and `www.`, so it carries no live
 /// mention, issue or PR reference, or link. The forge links issue and PR
 /// numbers and bare URLs itself, so the escapes alone don't stop those.
@@ -748,7 +748,8 @@ fn cell(text: &str) -> String {
         }
         for c in word.chars() {
             match c {
-                '\\' | '|' | '`' | '*' | '_' | '~' | '[' | ']' | '(' | ')' | '<' | '>' | '&' => {
+                '\\' | '|' | '`' | '*' | '_' | '~' | '[' | ']' | '(' | ')' | '<' | '>' | '&'
+                | '$' => {
                     out.push('\\');
                     out.push(c);
                 }
@@ -1484,6 +1485,29 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_reason_carries_no_live_math_delimiter() {
+        let mut r = row(None, true, true);
+        r.reason =
+            "uses https://${hyperhiveCfg.swarm.forge.domain}/metrics and $$x$$ | y".to_owned();
+        let body = table(&[r]);
+        let line = body.lines().nth(2).expect("a data row");
+        assert!(
+            line.contains("\\${hyperhiveCfg") && line.contains("\\$\\$x\\$\\$"),
+            "{line}"
+        );
+        let bare = line
+            .char_indices()
+            .filter(|(i, c)| *c == '$' && (*i == 0 || line.as_bytes()[i - 1] != b'\\'))
+            .count();
+        assert_eq!(bare, 0, "{line}");
+        let unescaped = line
+            .char_indices()
+            .filter(|(i, c)| *c == '|' && (*i == 0 || line.as_bytes()[i - 1] != b'\\'))
+            .count();
+        assert_eq!(unescaped, 8, "{line}");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn a_reason_carries_no_link_or_reference() {
         let text = cell("see https://evil.example/x, WWW.evil.example, #1, o/r#3 and !4");