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-rw-r--r--lib/pure/strutils.nim12
-rw-r--r--lib/system.nim5
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/strutils.nim b/lib/pure/strutils.nim
index 4098749ce..3680b11de 100644
--- a/lib/pure/strutils.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/strutils.nim
@@ -2198,13 +2198,21 @@ func insertSep*(s: string, sep = '_', digits = 3): string {.rtl,
 
 func escape*(s: string, prefix = "\"", suffix = "\""): string {.rtl,
     extern: "nsuEscape".} =
-  ## Escapes a string `s`. See `system.addEscapedChar
-  ## <system.html#addEscapedChar,string,char>`_ for the escaping scheme.
+  ## Escapes a string `s`.
+  ##
+  ## .. note:: The escaping scheme is different from
+  ##    `system.addEscapedChar`.
+  ##
+  ## * replaces `'\0'..'\31'` and `'\127'..'\255'` by `\xHH` where `HH` is its hexadecimal value
+  ## * replaces ``\`` by `\\`
+  ## * replaces `'` by `\'`
+  ## * replaces `"` by `\"`
   ##
   ## The resulting string is prefixed with `prefix` and suffixed with `suffix`.
   ## Both may be empty strings.
   ##
   ## See also:
+  ## * `addEscapedChar proc<system.html#addEscapedChar,string,char>`_
   ## * `unescape func<#unescape,string,string,string>`_ for the opposite
   ##   operation
   result = newStringOfCap(s.len + s.len shr 2)
diff --git a/lib/system.nim b/lib/system.nim
index 27f976119..ba27da0c7 100644
--- a/lib/system.nim
+++ b/lib/system.nim
@@ -2839,12 +2839,13 @@ proc addEscapedChar*(s: var string, c: char) {.noSideEffect, inline.} =
   ## * replaces any `\r` by `\\r`
   ## * replaces any `\e` by `\\e`
   ## * replaces any other character not in the set `{\21..\126}`
-  ##   by `\xHH` where `HH` is its hexadecimal value.
+  ##   by `\xHH` where `HH` is its hexadecimal value
   ##
   ## The procedure has been designed so that its output is usable for many
   ## different common syntaxes.
   ##
-  ## **Note**: This is **not correct** for producing Ansi C code!
+  ## .. warning:: This is **not correct** for producing ANSI C code!
+  ##
   case c
   of '\a': s.add "\\a" # \x07
   of '\b': s.add "\\b" # \x08