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> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:21:56 +0000
> From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> 
> This addition could be introduced
> 
> "When emacs processes a docstring, it removes (strips away) one
> level (layer) of backslashes.  This means that each backslash
> written in the docstring needs to be doubled to ensure the
> correct number of backslashes are interpreted."

This is already explained where the syntax for strings in Emacs Lisp
is described in the manual.