diff --git a/functions/uodbc.xml b/functions/uodbc.xml
index 6620460ea7..e97fd4903c 100644
--- a/functions/uodbc.xml
+++ b/functions/uodbc.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.31 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.32 $ -->
  <reference id="ref.odbc">
   <title>Unified ODBC functions</title>
   <titleabbrev>ODBC</titleabbrev>
@@ -486,13 +486,12 @@
        <listitem>
         <simpara>
          If you wish to store a string which actually begins and ends
-         with single quotes, and you cannot escape them with
-         backslashes--for instance, if your server requires single
-         quotes to be escaped by doubling them (<literal>''</literal>)
-         instead of backslashing them (<literal>\'</literal>)--then
-         you must use another mechanism to store them (such as
-         executing the query directly with
-         <function>odbc_exec</function>).
+         with single quotes, you must escape them or add a space or
+         other non-single-quote character to the beginning or end of
+         the parameter, which will prevent the parameter's being taken
+         as a file name. If this is not an option, then you must use
+         another mechanism to store the string, such as executing the
+         query directly with <function>odbc_exec</function>).
         </simpara>
        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>