diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index 5b715d4614dad8f..b3d632fcde04bd1 100644
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ Runtimes from other distributors may require the *company* to be included as
 well. This should be separated from the tag by a slash, and may be a prefix.
 Specifying the company is optional when it is ``PythonCore``, and specifying the
 tag is optional (but not the slash) when you want the latest release from a
-specific company.
+specific company. The following examples are illustrative and may use either
+``/`` or ``\``.
 
 .. code::