The exact way @command{tar} uses to quote these characters depends on
the @dfn{quoting style}. The default quoting style, called
@dfn{escape} (see below), uses backslash notation to represent control
-characters, space and backslash. Using this quoting style, control
-characters are represented as listed in column @samp{Character} in the
-above table, a space is printed as @samp{\ } and a backslash as @samp{\\}.
+characters and backslash.
@GNUTAR{} offers seven distinct quoting styles, which can be selected
using @option{--quoting-style} option:
@end smallexample
@item escape
-Control characters are printed using backslash notation, a space is
-printed as @samp{\ } and a backslash as @samp{\\}. This is the
-default quoting style, unless it was changed when configured the
-package.
+Control characters are printed using backslash notation, and a
+backslash as @samp{\\}. This is the default quoting style, unless it
+was changed when configured the package.
@smallexample
@group