3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sfeed.1 b/sfeed.1
index 70354e3..34cd5fb 100644
--- a/sfeed.1
+++ b/sfeed.1
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ SPACE character.
 Control characters are removed.
 .Pp
 The content field can contain newlines and these are escaped.
-TABs, newlines and '\\' are escaped with '\\', so it becomes: '\\t', '\\n'
-and '\\\\'.
+TABs, newlines and '\e' are escaped with '\e', so it becomes: '\et', '\en'
+and '\e\e'.
 Other whitespace characters except spaces are removed.
 Control characters are removed.
 .Pp
diff --git a/sfeed.5 b/sfeed.5
index cd422d0..8b2638e 100644
--- a/sfeed.5
+++ b/sfeed.5
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ SPACE character.
 Control characters are removed.
 .Pp
 The content field can contain newlines and these are escaped.
-TABs, newlines and '\\' are escaped with '\\', so it becomes: '\\t', '\\n'
-and '\\\\'.
+TABs, newlines and '\e' are escaped with '\e', so it becomes: '\et', '\en'
+and '\e\e'.
 Other whitespace characters except spaces are removed.
 Control characters are removed.
 .Pp
diff --git a/sfeedrc.5 b/sfeedrc.5
index 95ffc04..10c234e 100644
--- a/sfeedrc.5
+++ b/sfeedrc.5
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ file:
 # fetch(name, url, feedfile)
 fetch() {
 	# allow for 1 redirect, hide User-Agent, timeout is 15 seconds.
-	curl -L --max-redirs 1 -H "User-Agent:" -f -s -m 15 \\
+	curl -L --max-redirs 1 -H "User-Agent:" -f -s -m 15 \e
 		"$2" 2>/dev/null
 }
 .Ed