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@@ -42,4 +42,9 @@ cells. For example:
   as the table header. Set it to "no" to make a table without a header, or
   "column" to make the first column be the header.
 
+For tab-delimited tables (often obtained by copying and pasting from HTML
+or a spreadsheet), `delimiter` must be set to a literal tab character. These
+are difficult to type in most web browsers - copying and pasting one from
+the table data is likely to be the easiest way.
+
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