diff --git a/doc/manual.rst b/doc/manual.rst index 500f27ec29..30d19420a0 100644 --- a/doc/manual.rst +++ b/doc/manual.rst @@ -317,8 +317,9 @@ Stropping --------- `Stropping `_ -allows the same letter sequence to be used both as a keyword and as an identifier, -this simplifies parsing and FFI with languages where that identifier is not a reserved keyword. +allows the same letter sequence to be used both as a keyword and as an identifier, this simplifies parsing and +`FFI `_ +with languages where that identifier is not a reserved keyword. For example, allowing a variable named `if` without clashing with the keyword `if`. In Nim, this is achieved via backticks, allowing any reserved word to be used as an identifier.