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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 46cab7c58..c40cf23f8 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -6755,9 +6755,10 @@ of the JSON structure.
If a selector is numeric, it must apply to a JSON array; the (zero-based)
nunbered array element is selected.
Otherwise it must apply to a JSON object; the named element is selected.
-The final resulting object can be a simple JSOM type or a JSON object
+The final resulting element can be a simple JSON type or a JSON object
or array; for the latter two a string-representation os the JSON
is returned.
+For elements of type string, the returned value is de-quoted.
.wen
.next
.cindex "linear search"
@@ -9550,6 +9551,8 @@ The expanded <&'string1'&> must be of the form:
The braces, commas and colons, and the quoting of the member name are required;
the spaces are optional.
Matching of the key against the member names is done case-sensitively.
+If a returned value is a JSON string, it retains its leading and
+trailing quotes.
. XXX should be a UTF-8 compare
The results of matching are handled as above.
@@ -9595,6 +9598,8 @@ apart from leading and trailing white space, which is ignored.
Field selection and result handling is as above;
there is no choice of field separator.
+If a returned value is a JSON string, it retains its leading and
+trailing quotes.
.vitem &*${filter{*&<&'string'&>&*}{*&<&'condition'&>&*}}*&