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diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt index 2216b6efef..ed8e234c29 100644 --- a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt +++ b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt @@ -1510,6 +1510,14 @@ For example:: If ``value`` is ``Tom & Jerry``, the output will be ``Tom & Jerry``. +However, ampersands used in named entities and numeric character references +will not be replaced. For example, if ``value`` is ``Café``, the output +will *not* be ``Café&`` but remain ``Café``. This means that +in some edge cases, such as acronyms followed by semicolons, this filter will +not replace ampersands that need replacing. For example, if ``value`` is +``Contact the R&D;``, the output will remain unchanged because ``&D;`` +resembles a named entity. + .. templatefilter:: floatformat floatformat |