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@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ depends on the respective processing context.
 .Nm
 documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the space
 character, and, in certain circumstances, the tab character.
-The back-space character
+The backslash character
 .Sq \e
 indicates the start of an escape sequence for
 .Sx Comments ,