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diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -463,7 +463,14 @@ which allows only the following characters to be backslash-escaped:
     \`*_{}[]()>#+-.!
 
 A backslash-escaped space is parsed as a nonbreaking space.  It will
-appear in TeX output as '~' and in HTML and XML as '\ ' or '\ '.
+appear in TeX output as '`~`' and in HTML and XML as '`\ `' or
+'`\ `'.
+
+A backslash-escaped newline (i.e. a backslash occurring at the end of
+a line) is parsed as a hard line break.  It will appear in TeX output as
+'`\\`' and in HTML as '`<br />`'.  This is a nice alternative to
+markdown's "invisible" way of indicating hard line breaks using
+two trailing spaces on a line.
 
 Subscripts and superscripts
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