diff --git a/eeschema/sch_text_help.md b/eeschema/sch_text_help.md
index 0255663390..c8d4be447e 100644
--- a/eeschema/sch_text_help.md
+++ b/eeschema/sch_text_help.md
@@ -121,4 +121,11 @@
         <td></td>
         <td> <samp>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<sub>&nbsp;</sub>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<sub>&nbsp;</sub>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></samp><br> <samp>MEM.D<sub>1</sub>, MEM.D<sub>2</sub>, MEM.LATCH</samp> </td>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td><br></td>
+    </tr>
 </table>
+<p></p>
+<p></p>
+<i>Note that markup has precedence over bus definitions.</i>
+
diff --git a/eeschema/sch_validators.cpp b/eeschema/sch_validators.cpp
index aba7d013f4..6368cc2708 100644
--- a/eeschema/sch_validators.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/sch_validators.cpp
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ bool SCH_FIELD_VALIDATOR::Validate( wxWindow* aParent )
 }
 
 
-wxRegEx SCH_NETNAME_VALIDATOR::m_busGroupRegex( R"([^$]?{)", wxRE_ADVANCED );
+// Match opening curly brace, preceeded by start-of-line or by a character not including $_^~
+wxRegEx SCH_NETNAME_VALIDATOR::m_busGroupRegex( R"((^|[^$_\^~]){)", wxRE_ADVANCED );
 
 
 wxString SCH_NETNAME_VALIDATOR::IsValid( const wxString& str ) const
@@ -214,11 +215,11 @@ wxString SCH_NETNAME_VALIDATOR::IsValid( const wxString& str ) const
     if( ( str.Contains( '[' ) || str.Contains( ']' ) ) &&
         !NET_SETTINGS::ParseBusVector( str, nullptr, nullptr ) )
     {
-        return _( "Signal name contains '[' or ']' but is not a valid vector bus name" );
+        return _( "Signal name contains '[' or ']' but is not a valid vector bus name." );
     }
 
-    // Figuring out if the user "meant" to make a bus group is somewhat trickier because angle
-    // brackets are also used for variable expansion
+    // Figuring out if the user "meant" to make a bus group is somewhat trickier because curly
+    // braces are also used for formatting and variable expansion
 
     if( m_busGroupRegex.Matches( str ) && str.Contains( '}' ) &&
         !NET_SETTINGS::ParseBusGroup( str, nullptr, nullptr ) )