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diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
index c98ae818eb4e..54036ce2e2dd 100644
--- a/lib/string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static bool escape_hex(unsigned char c, char **dst, char *end)
* @dst: destination buffer (escaped)
* @osz: destination buffer size
* @flags: combination of the flags (bitwise OR):
- * %ESCAPE_SPACE:
+ * %ESCAPE_SPACE: (special white space, not space itself)
* '\f' - form feed
* '\n' - new line
* '\r' - carriage return
@@ -432,16 +432,18 @@ static bool escape_hex(unsigned char c, char **dst, char *end)
* all previous together
* %ESCAPE_HEX:
* '\xHH' - byte with hexadecimal value HH (2 digits)
- * @esc: NULL-terminated string of characters any of which, if found in
- * the source, has to be escaped
+ * @only: NULL-terminated string containing characters used to limit
+ * the selected escape class. If characters are included in @only
+ * that would not normally be escaped by the classes selected
+ * in @flags, they will be copied to @dst unescaped.
*
* Description:
* The process of escaping byte buffer includes several parts. They are applied
* in the following sequence.
* 1. The character is matched to the printable class, if asked, and in
* case of match it passes through to the output.
- * 2. The character is not matched to the one from @esc string and thus
- * must go as is to the output.
+ * 2. The character is not matched to the one from @only string and thus
+ * must go as-is to the output.
* 3. The character is checked if it falls into the class given by @flags.
* %ESCAPE_OCTAL and %ESCAPE_HEX are going last since they cover any
* character. Note that they actually can't go together, otherwise
@@ -458,11 +460,11 @@ static bool escape_hex(unsigned char c, char **dst, char *end)
* dst for a '\0' terminator if and only if ret < osz.
*/
int string_escape_mem(const char *src, size_t isz, char *dst, size_t osz,
- unsigned int flags, const char *esc)
+ unsigned int flags, const char *only)
{
char *p = dst;
char *end = p + osz;
- bool is_dict = esc && *esc;
+ bool is_dict = only && *only;
while (isz--) {
unsigned char c = *src++;
@@ -471,7 +473,7 @@ int string_escape_mem(const char *src, size_t isz, char *dst, size_t osz,
* Apply rules in the following sequence:
* - the character is printable, when @flags has
* %ESCAPE_NP bit set
- * - the @esc string is supplied and does not contain a
+ * - the @only string is supplied and does not contain a
* character under question
* - the character doesn't fall into a class of symbols
* defined by given @flags
@@ -479,7 +481,7 @@ int string_escape_mem(const char *src, size_t isz, char *dst, size_t osz,
* output buffer.
*/
if ((flags & ESCAPE_NP && isprint(c)) ||
- (is_dict && !strchr(esc, c))) {
+ (is_dict && !strchr(only, c))) {
/* do nothing */
} else {
if (flags & ESCAPE_SPACE && escape_space(c, &p, end))