diff --git a/docs/scripting.xml b/docs/scripting.xml
index b790ef9ce..9af924c72 100644
--- a/docs/scripting.xml
+++ b/docs/scripting.xml
@@ -757,9 +757,11 @@ Nmap script database, but should be used cautiously since Nmap may contain explo
 <command>nmap -sC --script-args 'user=foo,pass=",{}=bar",whois={whodb=nofollow+ripe},userdb=C:\Some\Path\To\File'</command>
 </literallayout>
 </informalexample>
-      Notice that the script arguments are surrounded in single quotes. This
-      prevents the shell from interpreting the double quotes and doing
-      automatic string concatenation. The command results in this Lua table:
+      Notice that the script arguments are surrounded in single quotes. For the
+      Bash shell, this prevents the shell from interpreting the double quotes
+      and doing automatic string concatenation. Naturally, different shells may
+      require you to escape quotes or to use different quotes.  See your
+      relevant manual. The command results in this Lua table:
 <programlisting>
 {user="foo",pass=",{}=bar",whois={whodb="nofollow+ripe"},userdb="C:\\Some\\Path\\To\\File"}
 </programlisting>