diff --git a/src/doc.rs b/src/doc.rs
index 81d4184..5fa2ad9 100644
--- a/src/doc.rs
+++ b/src/doc.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+use crate::error::Result;
+use crate::segment::{self, Segment};
 use proc_macro::{Delimiter, Span, TokenStream, TokenTree};
 use std::iter;
+use std::mem;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 pub fn is_pasted_doc(input: &TokenStream) -> bool {
@@ -26,16 +29,33 @@ pub fn is_pasted_doc(input: &TokenStream) -> bool {
     state == State::Rest
 }
 
-pub fn do_paste_doc(attr: &TokenStream, span: Span) -> TokenStream {
+pub fn do_paste_doc(attr: &TokenStream, span: Span) -> Result<TokenStream> {
     let mut expanded = TokenStream::new();
-    let mut tokens = attr.clone().into_iter();
+    let mut tokens = attr.clone().into_iter().peekable();
     expanded.extend(tokens.by_ref().take(2)); // `doc =`
 
-    let mut lit = String::new();
-    lit.push('"');
-    for token in tokens {
-        lit += &escaped_string_value(&token).unwrap();
+    let mut segments = segment::parse(&mut tokens)?;
+
+    for segment in &mut segments {
+        if let Segment::String(string) = segment {
+            if let Some(open_quote) = string.value.find('"') {
+                if open_quote == 0 {
+                    string.value.truncate(string.value.len() - 1);
+                    string.value.remove(0);
+                } else {
+                    let begin = open_quote + 1;
+                    let end = string.value.rfind('"').unwrap();
+                    let raw_string = mem::replace(&mut string.value, String::new());
+                    for ch in raw_string[begin..end].chars() {
+                        string.value.extend(ch.escape_default());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
+
+    let mut lit = segment::paste(&segments)?;
+    lit.insert(0, '"');
     lit.push('"');
 
     let mut lit = TokenStream::from_str(&lit)
@@ -45,48 +65,26 @@ pub fn do_paste_doc(attr: &TokenStream, span: Span) -> TokenStream {
         .unwrap();
     lit.set_span(span);
     expanded.extend(iter::once(lit));
-    expanded
+    Ok(expanded)
 }
 
 fn is_stringlike(token: &TokenTree) -> bool {
-    escaped_string_value(token).is_some()
-}
-
-fn escaped_string_value(token: &TokenTree) -> Option<String> {
     match token {
-        TokenTree::Ident(ident) => Some(ident.to_string()),
+        TokenTree::Ident(_) => true,
         TokenTree::Literal(literal) => {
-            let mut repr = literal.to_string();
-            if repr.starts_with('b') || repr.starts_with('\'') {
-                None
-            } else if repr.starts_with('"') {
-                repr.truncate(repr.len() - 1);
-                repr.remove(0);
-                Some(repr)
-            } else if repr.starts_with('r') {
-                let begin = repr.find('"').unwrap() + 1;
-                let end = repr.rfind('"').unwrap();
-                let mut escaped = String::new();
-                for ch in repr[begin..end].chars() {
-                    escaped.extend(ch.escape_default());
-                }
-                Some(escaped)
-            } else {
-                Some(repr)
-            }
+            let repr = literal.to_string();
+            !repr.starts_with('b') && !repr.starts_with('\'')
         }
         TokenTree::Group(group) => {
             if group.delimiter() != Delimiter::None {
-                return None;
+                return false;
             }
             let mut inner = group.stream().into_iter();
-            let first = inner.next()?;
-            if inner.next().is_none() {
-                escaped_string_value(&first)
-            } else {
-                None
+            match inner.next() {
+                Some(first) => inner.next().is_none() && is_stringlike(&first),
+                None => false,
             }
         }
-        TokenTree::Punct(_) => None,
+        TokenTree::Punct(punct) => punct.as_char() == '\'' || punct.as_char() == ':',
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e38d034..e342a33 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ fn expand(input: TokenStream, contains_paste: &mut bool) -> Result<TokenStream>
                     && (lookbehind == Lookbehind::Pound || lookbehind == Lookbehind::PoundBang)
                     && is_pasted_doc(&content)
                 {
-                    let pasted = do_paste_doc(&content, span);
+                    let pasted = do_paste_doc(&content, span)?;
                     let mut group = Group::new(delimiter, pasted);
                     group.set_span(span);
                     expanded.extend(iter::once(TokenTree::Group(group)));
diff --git a/tests/test_doc.rs b/tests/test_doc.rs
index 96fe3a0..1ceaf23 100644
--- a/tests/test_doc.rs
+++ b/tests/test_doc.rs
@@ -42,3 +42,13 @@ fn test_literals() {
     let expected = "int=0x1 bool=true float=0.01";
     assert_eq!(doc, expected);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_case() {
+    let doc = paste! {
+        get_doc!(#[doc = "HTTP " get:upper "!"])
+    };
+
+    let expected = "HTTP GET!";
+    assert_eq!(doc, expected);
+}