--- a/man/lispref/objects.texi	Fri Aug 04 21:50:46 2006 +0000
+++ b/man/lispref/objects.texi	Fri Aug 04 22:55:19 2006 +0000
@@ -1079,6 +1079,16 @@
 escape any backslash or double-quote characters in the string with a
 backslash, like this: @code{"this \" is an embedded quote"}.
 
+ An alternative syntax allows insertion of raw backslashes into a
+string, like this: @code{#r"this \ is an embedded backslash"}.  In  such
+a string, each character following a backslash is included literally in
+the string, and all backslashes are left in the string.  This means that
+@code{#r"\""} is a valid string literal with two characters, a backslash and a
+double-quote.  It also means that a string  with this syntax @emph{cannot end
+in a single backslash}.  As with Python, from where this syntax was
+taken, you can specify @code{u} or @code{U} after the @code{#r} to
+specify that interpretation of Unicode escapes should be done. 
+
   The newline character is not special in the read syntax for strings;
 if you write a new line between the double-quotes, it becomes a
 character in the string.  But an escaped newline---one that is preceded