diff --git a/docs/_newsfragments/1872.bugfix.rst b/docs/_newsfragments/1872.bugfix.rst
index d7ec309a2..6285abfd9 100644
--- a/docs/_newsfragments/1872.bugfix.rst
+++ b/docs/_newsfragments/1872.bugfix.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 :attr:`falcon.Uri.encode` and :attr:`falcon.Uri.encode_value` now escape all
 percent characters by default even if it appears they have already been escaped. 
-The ``check_is_escaped`` flag has been added to allow the option of retaining the previous
-behavior of ignoring strings that look like they've already been escaped.
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+The :attr:`falcon.Uri.encode_check_escaped` and :attr:`falcon.Uri.encode_value_check_escaped` 
+methods have been added to give the option of retaining the previous behavior where needed. 
+These new methods have been applied to the :attr:`falcon.Response.location`, 
+:attr:`falcon.Response.content_location`, :attr:`falcon.Response.append_link` 
+attrs and methods to retain previous behavior.
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diff --git a/falcon/util/uri.py b/falcon/util/uri.py
index 3b57a7d45..0ecbc8f2f 100644
--- a/falcon/util/uri.py
+++ b/falcon/util/uri.py
@@ -553,5 +553,5 @@ def unquote_string(quoted):
     'encode_value_check_escaped',
     'parse_host',
     'parse_query_string',
-    'unquote_string'
+    'unquote_string',
 ]
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index bed372c6e..5871f8056 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -244,9 +244,6 @@ def test_uri_encode(self):
         assert uri.decode(uri.encode('%26')) == '%26'
 
     def test_uri_encode_double(self):
-        # NOTE(minesja): check_is_escaped added to allow option to
-        # retain behavior of ignoring already escaped values (#68)
-
         url = 'http://example.com/v1/fiz bit/messages'
         expected = 'http://example.com/v1/fiz%20bit/messages'
         assert uri.encode_check_escaped(uri.encode_check_escaped(url)) == expected