diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt index 639c925b7..da70096d3 100644 --- a/MANUAL.txt +++ b/MANUAL.txt @@ -4019,9 +4019,12 @@ which allows only the following characters to be backslash-escaped: (However, if the `markdown_strict` format is used, the standard Markdown rule will be used.) -A backslash-escaped space is parsed as a nonbreaking space. It will -appear in TeX output as `~` and in HTML and XML as `\ ` or -`\ `. +A backslash-escaped space is parsed as a nonbreaking space. In TeX output, +it will appear as `~`. In HTML and XML output, it will appear as a +literal unicode nonbreaking space character (note that it will thus +actually look "invisible" in the generated HTML source; you can still +use the `--ascii` command-line option to make it appear as an explicit +entity). A backslash-escaped newline (i.e. a backslash occurring at the end of a line) is parsed as a hard line break. It will appear in TeX output as