6 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc.hs
index 6cca14afe..390c27765 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc.hs
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ inline links:
 > 
 > main = U.getContents >>= U.putStrLn . markdownToRST
 
+Note:  all of the readers assume that the input text has @'\n'@
+line endings.  So if you get your input text from a web form,
+you should remove @'\r'@ characters using @filter (/='\r')@.
+
 -}
 
 module Text.Pandoc
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/HTML.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/HTML.hs
index 506f77d1b..2e38da722 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/HTML.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/HTML.hs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import Network.URI ( parseURIReference, URI (..) )
 
 -- | Convert HTML-formatted string to 'Pandoc' document.
 readHtml :: ParserState   -- ^ Parser state
-         -> String        -- ^ String to parse
+         -> String        -- ^ String to parse (assumes @'\n'@ line endings)
          -> Pandoc
 readHtml = readWith parseHtml
 
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
index 5d02a2be5..c6e28cd45 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import Data.List ( isPrefixOf, isSuffixOf )
 
 -- | Parse LaTeX from string and return 'Pandoc' document.
 readLaTeX :: ParserState   -- ^ Parser state, including options for parser
-          -> String        -- ^ String to parse
+          -> String        -- ^ String to parse (assumes @'\n'@ line endings)
           -> Pandoc
 readLaTeX = readWith parseLaTeX
 
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
index ae682e72e..80bc53966 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Markdown.hs
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec
 import Control.Monad (when)
 
 -- | Read markdown from an input string and return a Pandoc document.
-readMarkdown :: ParserState -> String -> Pandoc
+readMarkdown :: ParserState -- ^ Parser state, including options for parser
+             -> String      -- ^ String to parse (assuming @'\n'@ line endings)
+             -> Pandoc
 readMarkdown state s = (readWith parseMarkdown) state (s ++ "\n\n")
 
 --
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
index 884d6f0e6..097d271cb 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ import Control.Monad ( when )
 import Data.List ( findIndex, delete, intercalate )
 
 -- | Parse reStructuredText string and return Pandoc document.
-readRST :: ParserState -> String -> Pandoc
+readRST :: ParserState -- ^ Parser state, including options for parser
+        -> String      -- ^ String to parse (assuming @'\n'@ line endings)
+        -> Pandoc
 readRST state s = (readWith parseRST) state (s ++ "\n\n")
 
 --
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/TeXMath.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/TeXMath.hs
index 04b0f3b8f..2f35910ce 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/TeXMath.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/TeXMath.hs
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec
 import Text.Pandoc.Definition
 
 -- | Converts a string of raw TeX math to a list of 'Pandoc' inlines. 
-readTeXMath :: String -> [Inline]
+readTeXMath :: String    -- ^ String to parse (assumes @'\n'@ line endings)
+            -> [Inline]
 readTeXMath inp = case parse teXMath ("formula: " ++ inp) inp of
    Left _    -> [Str inp]  -- if unparseable, just include original
    Right res -> res