go/doc: document unicode quoting conversion

Fixes #30955

Change-Id: I8a2bff5215ddf6c3a80b1e760cb72b0bb9a5e0d3
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/206122
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/go/doc/comment.go b/src/go/doc/comment.go
index 88be45bb8f..da33f21612 100644
--- a/src/go/doc/comment.go
+++ b/src/go/doc/comment.go
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ func anchorID(line string) string {
 // in the words map, the link is taken from the map (if the corresponding map
 // value is the empty string, the URL is not converted into a link).
 //
+// A pair of (consecutive) backticks (`) is converted to a unicode left quote (“), and a pair of (consecutive)
+// single quotes (') is converted to a unicode right quote (”).
+//
 // Go identifiers that appear in the words map are italicized; if the corresponding
 // map value is not the empty string, it is considered a URL and the word is converted
 // into a link.
@@ -417,6 +420,9 @@ func blocks(text string) []block {
 // It wraps paragraphs of text to width or fewer Unicode code points
 // and then prefixes each line with the indent. In preformatted sections
 // (such as program text), it prefixes each non-blank line with preIndent.
+//
+// A pair of (consecutive) backticks (`) is converted to a unicode left quote (“), and a pair of (consecutive)
+// single quotes (') is converted to a unicode right quote (”).
 func ToText(w io.Writer, text string, indent, preIndent string, width int) {
 	l := lineWrapper{
 		out:    w,