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@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ Changelog
     * Fixed ``User-Agent`` overwriting when used within a session.
     * Fixed handling of empty passwords in URL credentials.
     * To make it easier to deal with Windows paths in request items, ``\``
-      now only special characters (the ones that are used as key-value
+      now only escapes special characters (the ones that are used as key-value
       separators).
 * `0.8.0`_ (2014-01-25)
     * Added ``field=@file.txt`` and ``field:=@file.json`` for embedding