diff --git a/doc/ca65.sgml b/doc/ca65.sgml
index e0566fda4..25c46c4c2 100644
--- a/doc/ca65.sgml
+++ b/doc/ca65.sgml
@@ -2835,19 +2835,18 @@ Here's a list of all control commands and a description, what they do:
 
     Allow C-style backslash escapes within string constants to embed
     special characters. The following escapes are accepted:
+    <itemize>
+    <item><tt>\\</tt> backslash (<tt>$5C</tt>)
+    <item><tt>\'</tt> single quote (<tt>$27</tt>)
+    <item><tt>\&quot;</tt> double quote (<tt>$22</tt>)
+    <item><tt>\t</tt> tab (<tt>$09</tt>)
+    <item><tt>\r</tt> carriage return (<tt>$0D</tt>)
+    <item><tt>\n</tt> newline (<tt>$0A</tt>)
+    <item><tt>\xNN</tt>  (<tt>$NN</tt>)
+    </itemize>
 
-<itemize>
-<item><tt>\\</tt> backslash (<tt>$5C</tt>)
-<item><tt>\'</tt> single quote (<tt>$27</tt>)
-<item><tt>\&quot;</tt> double quote (<tt>$22</tt>)
-<item><tt>\t</tt> tab (<tt>$09</tt>)
-<item><tt>\r</tt> carriage return (<tt>$0D</tt>)
-<item><tt>\n</tt> newline (<tt>$0A</tt>)
-<item><tt>\xNN</tt>  (<tt>$NN</tt>)
-</itemize>
-
-    Note that <tt>\n</tt> maps to ASCII <tt>$0A</tt>, not a platform specific
-    line ending character.
+    Note that string escapes are converted to platform-specific characters in
+    the same way that other characters are converted.
 
   <tag><tt>ubiquitous_idents</tt><label id="ubiquitous_idents"></tag>