diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 4fb26e8c..61ea9432 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ all releases are available on `PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/pytask>`_ and
 - :gh:`87` fixes that dirty versions are displayed in the documentation.
 - :gh:`88` adds a ``profile`` command to show information on tasks like duration and
   file size of products.
+- :gh:`93` fixes the display of parametrized arguments in the console.
 
 
 0.0.14 - 2021-03-23
diff --git a/src/_pytask/console.py b/src/_pytask/console.py
index 26ab2fa2..23a60997 100644
--- a/src/_pytask/console.py
+++ b/src/_pytask/console.py
@@ -40,3 +40,20 @@ def format_strings_as_flat_tree(strings: List[str], title: str, icon: str) -> st
     )
 
     return text
+
+
+def escape_squared_brackets(string: str) -> str:
+    """Escape squared brackets which would be accidentally parsed by rich.
+
+    An example are the ids of parametrized tasks which are suffixed with squared
+    brackets surrounding string representations of the parametrized arguments.
+
+    Example
+    -------
+    >>> escape_squared_brackets("Hello!")
+    'Hello!'
+    >>> escape_squared_brackets("task_dummy[arg1-arg2]")
+    'task_dummy\\\\[arg1-arg2]'
+
+    """
+    return string.replace("[", "\\[")
diff --git a/src/_pytask/nodes.py b/src/_pytask/nodes.py
index 39a6b00d..c87ac475 100644
--- a/src/_pytask/nodes.py
+++ b/src/_pytask/nodes.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from typing import Union
 
 import attr
+from _pytask.console import escape_squared_brackets
 from _pytask.exceptions import NodeNotCollectedError
 from _pytask.exceptions import NodeNotFoundError
 from _pytask.mark import get_marks_from_obj
@@ -389,7 +390,8 @@ def reduce_node_name(node, paths: List[Path]):
 
     if isinstance(node, MetaTask):
         shortened_path = relative_to(node.path, ancestor)
-        name = create_task_name(shortened_path, node.base_name)
+        raw_name = create_task_name(shortened_path, node.base_name)
+        name = escape_squared_brackets(raw_name)
     elif isinstance(node, MetaNode):
         name = relative_to(node.path, ancestor).as_posix()
     else:
diff --git a/tests/test_collect_command.py b/tests/test_collect_command.py
index 08477c7b..33fcb97c 100644
--- a/tests/test_collect_command.py
+++ b/tests/test_collect_command.py
@@ -42,6 +42,28 @@ def task_dummy():
     assert "out.txt>" in captured
 
 
+@pytest.mark.end_to_end
+def test_collect_parametrized_tasks(runner, tmp_path):
+    source = """
+    import pytask
+
+    @pytask.mark.depends_on("in.txt")
+    @pytask.mark.parametrize("arg, produces", [(0, "out_0.txt"), (1, "out_1.txt")])
+    def task_dummy(arg):
+        pass
+    """
+    tmp_path.joinpath("task_dummy.py").write_text(textwrap.dedent(source))
+
+    result = runner.invoke(cli, ["collect", tmp_path.as_posix()])
+
+    captured = result.output.replace("\n", "").replace(" ", "").replace("\u2502", "")
+    assert "<Module" in captured
+    assert "task_dummy.py>" in captured
+    assert "<Function" in captured
+    assert "[0-out_0.txt]>" in captured
+    assert "[1-out_1.txt]>" in captured
+
+
 @pytest.mark.end_to_end
 def test_collect_task_with_expressions(runner, tmp_path):
     source = """