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@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ Example.
     a multi-line
     string.}}}
 
+> **Note**
+>
+> Unlike in ordinary strings special characters to not have to be escaped
+> in multi-line string literals.
+
 #### Boolean Literals
 
 The keywords *true* and *false* are equivalent to 1 and 0 respectively.