diff --git a/man/kable_styling.Rd b/man/kable_styling.Rd
index 9a8f935..a3932fc 100644
--- a/man/kable_styling.Rd
+++ b/man/kable_styling.Rd
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   repeat_header_text = "\\\\textit{(continued)}",
   repeat_header_method = c("append", "replace"),
   repeat_header_continued = FALSE, stripe_color = "gray!6",
-  latex_table_env = NULL, protect_latex = FALSE)
+  latex_table_env = NULL, protect_latex = TRUE)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{kable_input}{Output of \code{knitr::kable()} with \code{format} specified}
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@
 could be supported in self-defined environments.}
 
 \item{protect_latex}{If \code{TRUE}, LaTeX code embedded between dollar signs
-will be protected from escaping.  Has no effect unless HTML format
-is chosen:  this is for including complicated math in HTML output.}
+will be protected from HTML escaping.}
 }
 \description{
 This function provides a cleaner approach to modify the style
@@ -82,6 +81,14 @@
 \item all tables are converted to 'UTF-8'. If you use, for example, Hungarian
 characters on a Windows machine, make sure to use
 Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL","Hungarian") to avoid unexpected conversions.
+\item \code{protect_latex = TRUE} has no effect.
+}
+
+For HTML,
+\itemize{
+\item \code{protect_latex = TRUE} is for including complicated math in HTML output.
+The LaTeX may not include dollar signs even if they are escaped.
+Pandoc's rules for recognizing embedded LaTeX are used.
 }
 }
 \examples{