Be more explicit about the meaning of the change in standard_conforming_strings.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml
index 7737381e7987cd33af0c40961a2435d0293f4d95..280e0bb142496b9e08b207ad18027e299df3ab49 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@
       
 
       
-       This removes a long-standing incompatibility with the SQL
-       standard;  
+       By default, backslashes are now ordinary characters in string literals,
+       not escape characters.  This change removes a long-standing
+       incompatibility with the SQL standard.  
        linkend="guc-escape-string-warning">escape_string_warning
        has produced warnings about this usage for years.  E''
        strings are the proper way to embed backslash escapes in strings and are