diff --git a/docs/quickstart.rst b/docs/quickstart.rst
index 38e37f26..91ac4255 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/quickstart.rst
@@ -583,6 +583,9 @@ sessions work::
     # set the secret key.  keep this really secret:
     app.secret_key = 'the secret key'
 
+The here mentioned :func:`~flask.escape` does escaping for you if you are
+not using the template engine (like in this example).
+
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