diff --git a/Sources/AnyLanguageModelMacros/GenerableMacro.swift b/Sources/AnyLanguageModelMacros/GenerableMacro.swift
index 61e44388..10252daa 100644
--- a/Sources/AnyLanguageModelMacros/GenerableMacro.swift
+++ b/Sources/AnyLanguageModelMacros/GenerableMacro.swift
@@ -538,10 +538,25 @@ public struct GenerableMacro: MemberMacro, ExtensionMacro {
                 guidesArray = "[\(guides.joined(separator: ", "))]"
             }
 
+            // Escape the description string so it can be safely embedded in generated code.
+            // Multi-line strings need newlines converted to \n escape sequences,
+            // and special characters (backslashes, quotes) must be escaped.
+            let escapedDescription: String
+            if let desc = prop.guideDescription {
+                let escaped =
+                    desc
+                    .replacingOccurrences(of: "\\", with: "\\\\")  // Escape backslashes first
+                    .replacingOccurrences(of: "\"", with: "\\\"")  // Escape quotes
+                    .replacingOccurrences(of: "\n", with: "\\n")  // Convert newlines to escape sequences
+                escapedDescription = "\"\(escaped)\""
+            } else {
+                escapedDescription = "nil"
+            }
+
             return """
                 GenerationSchema.Property(
                                 name: "\(prop.name)",
-                                description: \(prop.guideDescription.map { "\"\($0)\"" } ?? "nil"),
+                                description: \(escapedDescription),
                                 type: \(prop.type).self,
                                 guides: \(guidesArray)
                             )
diff --git a/Tests/AnyLanguageModelTests/GenerableMacroTests.swift b/Tests/AnyLanguageModelTests/GenerableMacroTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b6f5ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/AnyLanguageModelTests/GenerableMacroTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import Testing
+import AnyLanguageModel
+import Foundation
+
+@Generable
+private struct TestStructWithMultilineDescription {
+    @Guide(
+        description: """
+            This is a multi-line description.
+            It spans multiple lines.
+            """
+    )
+    var field: String
+}
+
+@Generable
+private struct TestStructWithSpecialCharacters {
+    @Guide(description: "A description with \"quotes\" and backslashes \\")
+    var field: String
+}
+
+@Generable
+private struct TestStructWithNewlines {
+    @Guide(description: "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3")
+    var field: String
+}
+
+@Suite("Generable Macro")
+struct GenerableMacroTests {
+    @Test func multilineGuideDescription() async throws {
+        let schema = TestStructWithMultilineDescription.generationSchema
+        let encoder = JSONEncoder()
+        let jsonData = try encoder.encode(schema)
+
+        // Verify that the schema can be encoded without errors (no unterminated strings)
+        #expect(jsonData.count > 0)
+
+        // Verify it can be decoded back
+        let decoder = JSONDecoder()
+        let decodedSchema = try decoder.decode(GenerationSchema.self, from: jsonData)
+        #expect(decodedSchema.debugDescription.contains("object"))
+    }
+
+    @Test func guideDescriptionWithSpecialCharacters() async throws {
+        let schema = TestStructWithSpecialCharacters.generationSchema
+        let encoder = JSONEncoder()
+        let jsonData = try encoder.encode(schema)
+        let jsonString = String(data: jsonData, encoding: .utf8)!
+
+        // Verify the special characters are escaped
+        #expect(jsonString.contains(#"\\\"quotes\\\""#))
+        #expect(jsonString.contains(#"backslashes \\\\"#))
+
+        // Verify roundtrip encoding/decoding works
+        let decoder = JSONDecoder()
+        let decodedSchema = try decoder.decode(GenerationSchema.self, from: jsonData)
+        #expect(decodedSchema.debugDescription.contains("object"))
+    }
+
+    @Test func guideDescriptionWithNewlines() async throws {
+        let schema = TestStructWithNewlines.generationSchema
+        let encoder = JSONEncoder()
+        let jsonData = try encoder.encode(schema)
+
+        // Verify that the schema can be encoded without errors
+        #expect(jsonData.count > 0)
+
+        // Verify roundtrip encoding/decoding works
+        let decoder = JSONDecoder()
+        let decodedSchema = try decoder.decode(GenerationSchema.self, from: jsonData)
+        #expect(decodedSchema.debugDescription.contains("object"))
+    }
+}