--- rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod	2007/09/20 15:56:41	1.138
+++ rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod	2007/10/17 13:53:42	1.139
@@ -1085,17 +1085,8 @@
 keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
 
-I<string> may contain escape values (C<\a>: bell, C<\b>: backspace,
-C<\e>, C<\E>: escape, C<\n>: newline, C<\r>: carriage return, C<\t>: tab,
-C<\000>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (C<^?>: delete,
-C<^@>: null, C<^A> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
-can start or end with whitespace. B<This feature is deprecated and will
-be removed>.
-
-Please note that you need to double the C<\> in resource files, as
-Xlib itself does its own de-escaping (you can use C<\033> instead of
-C<\e> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own
-processing).
+I<string> may contain escape values (C<\n>: newline, C<\000>: octal
+number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for futher details.
 
 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
 with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'