diff --git a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
index ed7136ab..1470243c 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_type filter
     # @liquid_category string
     # @liquid_summary
-    #   Escapes a string.
+    #   Escapes special characters in HTML, such as `<>`, `'`, and `&`, and converts characters into escape sequences. The filter doesn't effect characters within the string that don’t have a corresponding escape sequence.".
     # @liquid_syntax string | escape
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def escape(input)