diff --git a/docs/_userdoc/index.txt b/docs/_userdoc/index.txt
index 94cca04..e2eda82 100644
--- a/docs/_userdoc/index.txt
+++ b/docs/_userdoc/index.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ following ways:
 - there is no error detection: unterminated string, regex and comment
   literals are treated as regular javascript code and minified as such.
 - Control characters inside string and regex literals are left untouched; they
-  are not converted to spaces (nor to \n)
+  are not converted to spaces (nor to \\n)
 - Newline characters are not allowed inside string and regex literals, except
   for line continuations in string literals (ECMA-5).
 - "``return /regex/``" is recognized correctly.