diff --git a/doc/config_settings.xml b/doc/config_settings.xml
index 26c4db99..27442901 100644
--- a/doc/config_settings.xml
+++ b/doc/config_settings.xml
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@
             <member>'\n' -&gt; newline</member>
             <member>'\\' -&gt; backslash</member>
             <member>'\ ' -&gt; space</member>
-            <member>'\N' -&gt; template argument N</member>
+            <member>'\N' -&gt; template argument N (starting from 1)</member>
         </simplelist>
         <para /></listitem>
     </varlistentry>