(defcustom search-whitespace-regexp "\\s-+"
"*If non-nil, regular expression to match a sequence of whitespace chars.
This applies to regular expression incremental search.
-You might want to use something like \"[ \\t\\r\\n]+\" instead."
+You might want to use something like \"[ \\t\\r\\n]+\" instead.
+In the Customization buffer, that is `[' followed by a space,
+a tab, a carriage return (control-M), a newline, and `]+'."
:type 'regexp
:group 'isearch)