diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
index 9866353..b23ab96 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW.txt
+++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
   the items desired.
 
 - The "escape" character to defeat CMDSHELL processing has been
-  changed from '\' to '#'.  This was done for two reasons.  First, the
+  changed from '\' to '"'.  This was done for two reasons.  First, the
   backslash character may occasionally be necessary to escape the
-  first letter of a command string.  More importantly, the '#' is used
+  first letter of a command string.  More importantly, the '"' is used
   to escape SELWILD processing.  CMDSHELL was thus changed so both
   features which permit "escapes" would use the same character for
   consistency.