Update.

	* misc/mntent_r.c (decode_name): Fix decoding of tab, add decoding
	of newline.
	* manual/sysinfo.texi (mtab): Adjust description accordingly.
	Reported by Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/manual/sysinfo.texi b/manual/sysinfo.texi
index a310240801..0a44830359 100644
--- a/manual/sysinfo.texi
+++ b/manual/sysinfo.texi
@@ -673,12 +673,13 @@ filled with the information from the next entry from the file currently
 read.
 
 The file format used prescribes the use of spaces or tab characters to
-separate the fields.  This makes it harder to use name containing one of
-these characters (e.g., mount points using spaces).  Therefore these
-characters are encoded in the files and the @code{getmntent} function
-takes care of the decoding while reading the entries back in.
-@code{'\040'} is used to encode a space character, @code{'\012'} to
-encode a tab character and @code{'\\'} to encode a backslash.
+separate the fields.  This makes it harder to use name containing one
+of these characters (e.g., mount points using spaces).  Therefore
+these characters are encoded in the files and the @code{getmntent}
+function takes care of the decoding while reading the entries back in.
+@code{'\040'} is used to encode a space character, @code{'\011'} to
+encode a tab character, @code{'\012'} to encode a newline character,
+and @code{'\\'} to encode a backslash.
 
 If there was an error or the end of the file is reached the return value
 is @code{NULL}.