diff --git a/misc-utils/findmnt.8 b/misc-utils/findmnt.8
index 4edc30508..a31a967e4 100644
--- a/misc-utils/findmnt.8
+++ b/misc-utils/findmnt.8
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ available for umount and move actions
 available for umount and remount actions
 .RE
 .IP "\fB\-P, \-\-pairs\fP"
-Use key="value" output format.
+Use key="value" output format. All potentially unsafe characters are hex-escaped (\\x<code>).
 .IP "\fB\-r, \-\-raw\fP"
-Use raw output format.
+Use raw output format. All potentially unsafe characters are hex-escaped (\\x<code>).
 .IP "\fB\-t, \-\-types \fIlist\fP"
 Limit the set of printed filesystems.  More than one type may be
 specified in a comma-separated list.  The list of filesystem types can be