@@ -4019,9 +4019,12 @@ which allows only the following characters to be backslash-escaped:
40194019(However, if the `markdown_strict` format is used, the standard Markdown rule
40204020will be used.)
40214021
4022−A backslash-escaped space is parsed as a nonbreaking space. It will
4023−appear in TeX output as `~` and in HTML and XML as `\ ` or
4024−`\ `.
4022+A backslash-escaped space is parsed as a nonbreaking space. In TeX output,
4023+it will appear as `~`. In HTML and XML output, it will appear as a
4024+literal unicode nonbreaking space character (note that it will thus
4025+actually look "invisible" in the generated HTML source; you can still
4026+use the `--ascii` command-line option to make it appear as an explicit
4027+entity).
40254028
40264029A backslash-escaped newline (i.e. a backslash occurring at the end of
40274030a line) is parsed as a hard line break. It will appear in TeX output as