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-rw-r--r--src/nvim/eval.lua9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.lua b/src/nvim/eval.lua
index 628c546c4a..f0eeca2f10 100644
--- a/src/nvim/eval.lua
+++ b/src/nvim/eval.lua
@@ -9903,10 +9903,11 @@ M.funcs = {
Otherwise encloses {string} in single-quotes and replaces all
"'" with "'\''".
- If {special} is a |non-zero-arg|:
- - Special items such as "!", "%", "#" and "<cword>" will be
- preceded by a backslash. The backslash will be removed again
- by the |:!| command.
+ The {special} argument adds additional escaping of keywords
+ used in Vim commands. If it is a |non-zero-arg|:
+ - Special items such as "!", "%", "#" and "<cword>" (as listed
+ in |expand()|) will be preceded by a backslash.
+ The backslash will be removed again by the |:!| command.
- The <NL> character is escaped.
If 'shell' contains "csh" in the tail: