diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index e8e637b..4b582f7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -3383,18 +3383,6 @@ cast(-44 as bit(12))           <lineannotation>111111010100</lineannotation>
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    Note that the backslash already has a special meaning in string literals,
-    so to write a pattern constant that contains a backslash you must write two
-    backslashes in an SQL statement (assuming escape string syntax is used, see
-    <xref linkend="sql-syntax-strings">).  Thus, writing a pattern that
-    actually matches a literal backslash means writing four backslashes in the
-    statement.  You can avoid this by selecting a different escape character
-    with <literal>ESCAPE</literal>; then a backslash is not special to
-    <function>LIKE</function> anymore. (But backslash is still special to the
-    string literal parser, so you still need two of them to match a backslash.)
-   </para>
-
-   <para>
     It's also possible to select no escape character by writing
     <literal>ESCAPE ''</literal>.  This effectively disables the
     escape mechanism, which makes it impossible to turn off the