diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index f6b630dd..8b057120 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ This is called line continuation and applies both inside and outside quoted
 strings and in comments, but not inside braces.
 .Pp
 Command arguments may be specified as strings surrounded by single (\[aq])
-quotes, double quotes (\[dq]) or braces ({}).
+quotes or double quotes (\[dq]), or as command lists surrounded by braces ({}).
 .\" "
 This is required when the argument contains any special character.
 Single and double quoted strings cannot span multiple lines except with line