diff --git a/NOTES.md b/NOTES.md
index be8fa39..3dd6fa3 100644
--- a/NOTES.md
+++ b/NOTES.md
@@ -369,8 +369,7 @@ or filename expansion is performed on word.
 
 If any part of word is quoted, the delimiter is the result of quote removal on
 word, and the lines in the here-document are not expanded. If word is unquoted,
-all lines of the here-document are subjected to parameter expansion, and the
-character sequence \\newline is ignored.
+all lines of the here-document are subjected to parameter expansion.
 
 This is the correct behaviour for quoting and parameter expansion:
 ```shell
@@ -404,9 +403,7 @@ bash-5.2$ cat << "$USER"
 > $USER
 ```
 
-TODO: do we need to ignore \\newline? subject says \\ is not required..
-
-If we have to implement it, this is the correct behaviour:
+Subject says \\ is not required, so this behaviour we will not implement:
 ```shell
 bash-5.2$ cat << EOF
 > hello \