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@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ The simplest form of an alias is a simple substitution of the form
put the command `\sideeffect` (or `@sideeffect`) in the documentation, which
will result in a user-defined paragraph with heading <b>Side Effects:</b>.
-Note that you can put `\n`'s in the value part of an alias to insert newlines.
+Note that you can put `\n`'s in the value part of an alias to insert newlines
+(in the resulting output). You can put `^^` in the value part of an alias to
+insert a newline as if a physical newline was in the original file.
Also note that you can redefine existing special commands if you wish.