diff --git a/proposals/3996-encrypted-mentions-only-rooms.md b/proposals/3996-encrypted-mentions-only-rooms.md
index e5452ddd..09a6e899 100644
--- a/proposals/3996-encrypted-mentions-only-rooms.md
+++ b/proposals/3996-encrypted-mentions-only-rooms.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ encrypted mentions:
     "conditions": [
         {
             "kind": "event_property_is",
-            "key": "content.m\.has_mentions",
+            "key": "content.m\\.has_mentions",
             "value": true
         },
         {
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ encrypted mentions:
 }
 ```
 
+(Note: `\\.` would become a single logical backslash followed by a dot since the
+above is in JSON-representation. See
+[MSC3873](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3873).)
+
 When this push rule matches then it would push the event to all users, similar to
 how the [`.m.rule.encrypted` default underride rule](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.6/client-server-api/#default-underride-rules)
 push rule works, but with the added context that *some clients will probably care*.