Prepend \\.\ to configured serial line string, to allow easy access to ports

[u/mdw/putty] / doc / config.but

diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but
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--- a/doc/config.but
+++ b/doc/config.but
@@ -2975,7 +2975,7 @@ The \q{Serial line to connect to} box allows you to choose which
 serial line you want PuTTY to talk to, if your computer has more
 than one serial port.
 
-On Windows, the first serial line is called \cw{COM1}, and if there
+On Windows, the first serial line is called \i\cw{COM1}, and if there
 is a second it is called \cw{COM2}, and so on.
 
 This configuration setting is also visible on the Session panel,