diff --git a/CodeBlocker.Test/SplitLinesTests.cs b/CodeBlocker.Test/SplitLinesTests.cs
index 67b233e..8632e96 100644
--- a/CodeBlocker.Test/SplitLinesTests.cs
+++ b/CodeBlocker.Test/SplitLinesTests.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ private static string Split(string fragment, string newLine = NewLines.Lf)
 	[DataRow("s = \"\"\"a\"\"b\"\"\" + @\"p\nq\";\nb", "s = \"\"\"a\"\"b\"\"\" + @\"p\nq\";|b", DisplayName = "Raw string with a shorter run of quotes inside")]
 	[DataRow("c = '\\'' + @\"p\nq\";\nb", "c = '\\'' + @\"p\nq\";|b", DisplayName = "Escaped quote in a char literal")]
 	[DataRow("@class = 1; // @\"\nb", "@class = 1; // @\"|b", DisplayName = "Verbatim identifier, and a quote in a line comment")]
+	[DataRow("s = $\"{d:yyyy//MM}\" + @\"p\nq\";\nb", "s = $\"{d:yyyy//MM}\" + @\"p\nq\";|b", DisplayName = "Slash pair in a format specifier")]
+	[DataRow("s = $\"{d:h' o''clock'}\" + @\"p\nq\";\nb", "s = $\"{d:h' o''clock'}\" + @\"p\nq\";|b", DisplayName = "Apostrophes in a format specifier")]
+	[DataRow("s = $\"{(a ? b : @\"p\nq\")}\";\nb", "s = $\"{(a ? b : @\"p\nq\")}\";|b", DisplayName = "Conditional in a hole is not a format specifier")]
+	[DataRow("s = $\"{global::X.Y:@\"}\" + @\"p\nq\";\nb", "s = $\"{global::X.Y:@\"}\" + @\"p\nq\";|b", DisplayName = "Alias qualifier, then a quote in a format specifier")]
 	[DataRow("c = '\nb", "c = '|b", DisplayName = "Unterminated char literal")]
 	[DataRow("s = \"p\nb", "s = \"p|b", DisplayName = "Unterminated regular string")]
 	[DataRow("/* @\"\nb", "/* @\"|b", DisplayName = "Unterminated block comment")]
diff --git a/CodeBlocker.Test/TemplateTests.cs b/CodeBlocker.Test/TemplateTests.cs
index cbe4b4a..be8fd9b 100644
--- a/CodeBlocker.Test/TemplateTests.cs
+++ b/CodeBlocker.Test/TemplateTests.cs
@@ -462,6 +462,18 @@ public void ASlashPairInsideAStringLiteralIsNotTakenForAComment() =>
 			"public int X => \"http://x\";\n",
 			RenderExpressionBody(codeBlocker => codeBlocker.Write("\"http://x\"")));
 
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ASlashPairInAnInterpolationFormatSpecifierIsNotTakenForAComment() =>
+		Assert.AreEqual(
+			"public int X => $\"{d:yyyy//MM}\"; // c\n",
+			RenderExpressionBody(codeBlocker => codeBlocker.Write("$\"{d:yyyy//MM}\" // c")));
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void ASlashPairInAFormatSpecifierAfterAnAliasQualifierIsNotTakenForAComment() =>
+		Assert.AreEqual(
+			"public int X => $\"{global::System.DateTime.Now:yyyy//MM}\"; // c\n",
+			RenderExpressionBody(codeBlocker => codeBlocker.Write("$\"{global::System.DateTime.Now:yyyy//MM}\" // c")));
+
 	[TestMethod]
 	public void ASlashPairInsideAVerbatimStringOpenedOnAnEarlierLineIsNotTakenForAComment() =>
 		Assert.AreEqual(
@@ -1292,6 +1304,28 @@ public void AMethodBodyKeepsAVerbatimStringsContinuationLinesAsWritten()
 			RenderInClass(method));
 	}
 
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void AMethodBodyKeepsAVerbatimStringsContinuationLinesAsWrittenAfterASlashPairInAFormatSpecifier()
+	{
+		MethodTemplate method = new()
+		{
+			Name = "M",
+			Type = "string",
+			BodyFactory = b =>
+			{
+				b.WriteLine("{");
+				b.Indent();
+				b.WriteLine("return $@\"{d:yyyy//MM}\nline2\";");
+				b.Outdent();
+				b.WriteLine("}");
+			},
+		};
+
+		Assert.AreEqual(
+			"class C\n{\n\tstring M()\n\t{\n\t\treturn $@\"{d:yyyy//MM}\nline2\";\n\t}\n}\n",
+			RenderInClass(method));
+	}
+
 	[TestMethod]
 	public void ABlockAccessorKeepsAnInterpolatedVerbatimStringsContinuationLinesAsWritten()
 	{
diff --git a/CodeBlocker/Templates/VerbatimStringScanner.cs b/CodeBlocker/Templates/VerbatimStringScanner.cs
index 528e1db..56caf0b 100644
--- a/CodeBlocker/Templates/VerbatimStringScanner.cs
+++ b/CodeBlocker/Templates/VerbatimStringScanner.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ internal static List<int> FindLineComments(string text)
 	private static void ScanCode(string text, ref int position, bool[] inVerbatimText, List<int>? lineCommentStarts, bool isInterpolationHole = false)
 	{
 		int braceDepth = 0;
+		int bracketDepth = 0;
 		while (position < text.Length)
 		{
 			if (lineCommentStarts is not null && text[position] == '/' && At(text, position + 1) == '/')
@@ -76,15 +77,65 @@ private static void ScanCode(string text, ref int position, bool[] inVerbatimTex
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if (isInterpolationHole && IsClosingBrace(text[position], ref braceDepth))
+			if (isInterpolationHole)
 			{
-				return;
+				char c = text[position];
+				if (IsClosingBrace(c, ref braceDepth))
+				{
+					return;
+				}
+
+				if (braceDepth == 0 && IsFormatSpecifierColon(text, position, ref bracketDepth))
+				{
+					SkipFormatSpecifier(text, ref position);
+					return;
+				}
 			}
 
 			position++;
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Tracks parenthesis and bracket nesting inside an interpolation hole, and reports whether the
+	/// character at <paramref name="position"/> is the colon that starts the hole's format specifier.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// Only a colon outside every nested parenthesis, bracket and brace starts one: a conditional
+	/// expression or a named argument is always nested. The <c>::</c> of an alias qualifier is not
+	/// one either.
+	/// </remarks>
+	private static bool IsFormatSpecifierColon(string text, int position, ref int bracketDepth)
+	{
+		char c = text[position];
+		if (c is '(' or '[')
+		{
+			bracketDepth++;
+		}
+		else if (c is ')' or ']')
+		{
+			bracketDepth = Math.Max(bracketDepth - 1, 0);
+		}
+
+		return c == ':'
+			&& bracketDepth == 0
+			&& At(text, position + 1) != ':'
+			&& (position == 0 || text[position - 1] != ':');
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Moves from a format specifier's colon up to the brace that closes the interpolation hole,
+	/// which is left for the caller to consume. A format specifier is literal text: a <c>//</c>,
+	/// quote or apostrophe in it starts nothing.
+	/// </summary>
+	private static void SkipFormatSpecifier(string text, ref int position)
+	{
+		while (position < text.Length && text[position] != '}' && !IsLineBreak(text[position]))
+		{
+			position++;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Moves past the comment or literal that starts at <paramref name="position"/>, if one does.
 	/// </summary>
@@ -344,7 +395,7 @@ private static void SkipInterpolationHole(string text, ref int position, bool[]
 	{
 		position++;
 		ScanCode(text, ref position, inVerbatimText, lineCommentStarts: null, isInterpolationHole: true);
-		if (position < text.Length)
+		if (At(text, position) == '}')
 		{
 			position++;
 		}