diff --git a/language/types.xml b/language/types.xml
index 5188d2990b..c1a9176e01 100644
--- a/language/types.xml
+++ b/language/types.xml
@@ -173,8 +173,10 @@ $a = 1.234; $a = 1.2e3;
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    You can escape any other character, but a warning will be issued
-    at the highest warning level.
+    If you attempt to escape any other character, both the backslash
+    and the character will be output. In PHP 3, a warning will
+    be issued at the <literal>E_NOTICE</literal> level when this
+    happens. In PHP 4, no warning is generated.
    </para>
 
    <para>