diff --git a/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions/language-ref/literal.adoc b/framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/expressions/language-ref/literal.adoc
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@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 = Literal Expressions
 
 SpEL supports the following types of literal expressions.
+The `\s`, `\t`, `\r` and `\n` characters are all valid separators between tokens.
 
 String ::
   Strings can be delimited by single quotation marks (`'`) or double quotation marks