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@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Press ^] three times to kill container.
 
 These commands are interchangeable.
 
+The escape character ^] is generated by Ctrl-] on a US keyboard, on other keyboard layouts that will differ (for example the Swedish keyboard layout where Ctrl-å on OSX or Ctrl-^ on Windows will generate the correct escape character).
+
 
 ## App Container basics