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+++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/syntax/parsing.adoc
@@ -6,10 +6,20 @@
 This page provides a general overview of how Cypher parses an input `STRING`.
 
 The Cypher parser takes an arbitrary input `STRING`.
-While the syntax of Cypher is described in subsequent chapters, the following details the general rules on which characters are considered valid input.
+This page details the general rules on which characters are considered valid input.
 
 == Using unicodes in Cypher
+
 Unicodes can generally be escaped as `\uxxx`.
+For example, the below query uses the Unicode `u00B0` to search for any recipe descriptions containing the degree symbol, `º`:
+
+.Using Unicodes in `STRING` matching
+[source, cypher]
+----
+MATCH (r:Recipe)
+WHERE r.description CONTAINS "\u00B0"
+RETURN r
+----
 
 Additional documentation on escaping rules for `STRING` literals, names and regular expressions can be found here:
 
@@ -17,13 +27,6 @@ Additional documentation on escaping rules for `STRING` literals, names and regu
 * xref::syntax/naming.adoc#symbolic-names-escaping-rules[Using special characters in names]
 * xref::clauses/where.adoc#escaping-in-regular-expressions[Regular expressions]
 
-The following example escapes the unicode character `A` (`\u0041`) in the keyword `MATCH`:
-
-[source, syntax]
-----
-M\u0041TCH (m) RETURN m;
-----
-
 The Unicode version used by Cypher depends on the running JVM version.
 
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