diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README
index 83e0545..93900fc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/README
+++ b/fs/cifs/README
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@
 		attributes) to the server (default) e.g. via setfattr 
 		and getfattr utilities. 
   nouser_xattr  Do not allow getfattr/setfattr to get/set xattrs 
-  mapchars      Translate the seven reserved characters 
-			*?<>|:\	
+  mapchars      Translate six of the seven reserved characters (not backslash)
+			*?<>|:
 		to the remap range (above 0xF000), which also
 		allows the CIFS client to recognize files created with
 		such characters by Windows's POSIX emulation. This can