diff --git a/src/block.rs b/src/block.rs
index 54c435d..1dd757d 100644
--- a/src/block.rs
+++ b/src/block.rs
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ impl IdentifiedBlock {
             '|' => {
                 // FIXME: last byte may be pipe but end of prefixed unicode char
                 ((lt >= 2 && line.as_bytes()[lt - 1] == b'|')
-                    && ((lt >= 3) && line.as_bytes()[lt - 2] != b'\\'))
+                    && !((lt >= 3) && line.as_bytes()[lt - 2] == b'\\'))
                     .then(|| (Kind::Table { caption: false }, Span::empty_at(indent)))
             }
             '[' => chars.as_str().find("]:").map(|l| {