summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/Doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc')
-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
index 8c7ef0f5a..b2cc39268 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
@@ -3948,8 +3948,10 @@ command line after the command name excluding all options and their
 arguments.  Options are stored in the associative array
 `tt(opt_args)' with option names as keys and their arguments as
 the values.  For options that have more than one argument these are
-given as one string, separated by colons.  All colons in the original
-arguments are preceded with backslashes.
+given as one string, separated by colons.  All colons and backslashes
+in the original arguments are preceded with backslashes.  (Note:
+Zsh 5.2 and older did not escape backslashes in the original string;
+see the tt(NEWS) file for details.)
 
 The parameter `tt(context)' is set when returning to the calling function
 to perform an action of the form `tt(->)var(string)'.  It is set to an