-.\" $OpenBSD: doas.conf.5,v 1.9 2015/07/22 06:30:12 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: doas.conf.5,v 1.10 2015/07/22 20:15:24 zhuk Exp $
.\"
.\"Copyright (c) 2015 Ted Unangst <tedu@openbsd.org>
.\"
.Pq Sq \&"
is taken as is.
.It
-The backslash
+The backslash character
.Pq Sq \e
-escapes next character, including new line character, outside comment;
+escapes the next character, including new line characters, outside comments;
as a result, comments may not be extended over multiple lines.
.It
-If quotes or backslash are used in the word, this word won't be
-considered a keyword.
+If quotes or backslashes are used in a word,
+it isn't considered a keyword.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following example permits users in group wsrc to build ports,