diff --git a/SYNTAX.md b/SYNTAX.md
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@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ Special purpose characters, such as `.`, `*`, and `?` can be escaped with `\`.
 fav\.movie             "Deer Hunter"
 ```
 
+You'll also need to make sure that the `\` character is correctly escaped when hardcoding a path in source code.
+
+```go
+res := gjson.Get(json, "fav\\.movie")  // must escape the slash
+res := gjson.Get(json, `fav\.movie`)   // no need to escape the slash 
+
+```
+
 ### Arrays
 
 The `#` character allows for digging into JSON Arrays.