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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-02-12 08:41:18 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-02-12 08:41:18 +0000
commit398c7ab669b6a0041f286924fbf20708212e60be (patch)
treed7a2c5389cffa1c369e8fd841074ced4b6891f37
parent4eb87602724b0195646985ad5011e255ba7e8a41 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-398c7ab669b6a0041f286924fbf20708212e60be.tar.xz
(Character sets): Don't say that an unknown
backslash-escape causes an error message -- it doesn't.
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index fa51b3411..6238876ea 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -4934,8 +4934,8 @@ used only in @var{set1} or @var{set2}, as noted below.
@item Backslash escapes
@cindex backslash escapes
-A backslash followed by a character not listed below causes an error
-message.
+A backslash followed by a character not listed below is interpreted
+as that character.
@table @samp
@item \a