diff --git a/doc/syntastic-checkers.txt b/doc/syntastic-checkers.txt
index 2700a310..f4db1157 100644
--- a/doc/syntastic-checkers.txt
+++ b/doc/syntastic-checkers.txt
@@ -6459,7 +6459,7 @@ Default: 1
 Whether to show informational messages ("chktex" option "-m"). By default
 informational messages are shown as warnings.
 
-Note~
+Notes~
 
 If you're checking files containing tab characters, then Vim's 'tabstop'
 must match "ChkTeX"'s idea of tabstop, otherwise column numbers will be
@@ -6467,6 +6467,9 @@ shifted. At the time of this writing, "ChkTeX"'s tabstop is hardcoded to 8,
 so you should probably add something like this to your vimrc: >
     set tabstop=8
 <
+Note also that because of the way "ChkTeX" handles error formats column
+numbers are not available on Windows when running under "cmd.exe".
+
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 2. lacheck                                             *syntastic-tex-lacheck*
 
diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index 3f177d26..31b5c204 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if has('reltime')
     lockvar! g:_SYNTASTIC_START
 endif
 
-let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.8.0-84'
+let g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION = '3.8.0-87'
 lockvar g:_SYNTASTIC_VERSION
 
 " Sanity checks {{{1
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/tex/chktex.vim b/syntax_checkers/tex/chktex.vim
index 560804da..a631ab44 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/tex/chktex.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/tex/chktex.vim
@@ -27,12 +27,18 @@ let s:save_cpo = &cpo
 set cpo&vim
 
 function! SyntaxCheckers_tex_chktex_GetLocList() dict
-    let makeprg = self.makeprgBuild({ 'args_after': ['-q', '-f', "%k:%n:%f:%l:%c:%m\n"] })
+    if !exists('s:sumb_quoting')
+        let s:dumb_quoting = syntastic#util#isRunningWindows() && exists('+shellslash') && !&shellslash
+    endif
+    let makeprg = self.makeprgBuild({ 'args_after': (s:dumb_quoting ? ['-q', '-v1'] : ['-q', '-f', "%k:%n:%f:%l:%c:%m\n"]) })
 
     let errorformat =
         \ '%EError:%n:%f:%l:%v:%m,' .
         \ '%WWarning:%n:%f:%l:%v:%m,' .
         \ (g:syntastic_tex_chktex_showmsgs ? '%WMessage:%n:%f:%l:%v:%m,' : '') .
+        \ '%EError %n in %f line %l: %m,' .
+        \ '%WWarning %n in %f line %l: %m,' .
+        \ (g:syntastic_tex_chktex_showmsgs ? '%WMessage %n in %f line %l: %m,' : '') .
         \ '%Z%p^,' .
         \ '%-G%.%#'