From cbd56fd01239de307152e91d6dcd0e63c3695b04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Echo Nar <97153783+lethedata@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 10:40:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Note ANSI-C Quoting bash in MOTD (#4085)

---
 docs/configuration/server-properties.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/configuration/server-properties.md b/docs/configuration/server-properties.md
index eb2e4348..bcabb138 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/server-properties.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/server-properties.md
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ To produce a multi-line MOTD, embed a newline character as `\n` in the string, s
     -e MOTD="Line one\nLine two"
     ```
     
+    From bash shell
+    
+    ```
+    -e MOTD=$'Line one\nLine two'
+    ```
+    
     or within a compose file
     
     ```yaml