Index: Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
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--- Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst	(revision 62170)
+++ Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst	(working copy)
@@ -424,7 +424,8 @@
 
 String literals may optionally be prefixed with a letter ``'r'`` or ``'R'``;
 such strings are called :dfn:`raw strings` and use different rules for
-interpreting backslash escape sequences.
+interpreting backslash escape sequences.  Unicode escapes in raw strings are not
+treated specially.
 
 Bytes literals are always prefixed with ``'b'`` or ``'B'``; they produce an
 instance of the :class:`bytes` type instead of the :class:`str` type.  They
Index: Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
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+++ Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst	(working copy)
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@
 * The :mod:`StringIO` and :mod:`cStringIO` modules are gone.  Instead, import
   :class:`io.StringIO` or :class:`io.BytesIO`.
 
+* Unicode escapes in raw strings are not treated specially.
 
+
 PEP 3101: A New Approach to String Formatting
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