diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 20f1da1..d51357b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
   characters).
 * `,`, `<`, and `>` are now legal identifier characters. They were previously
   reserved for KQL but this is no longer necessary.
-* Code points under `0x20`, code points above `0x10FFFF`, Delete control
-  character (`0x7F`), and the [unicode "direction control"
+* Code points under `0x20` (except newline and whitespace code points), code
+  points above `0x10FFFF`, Delete control character (`0x7F`), and the [unicode
+  "direction control"
   characters](https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-bidi-unicode-controls)
   are now completely banned from appearing literally in KDL documents. They
   can now only be represented in regular strings, and there's no facilities to
diff --git a/SPEC.md b/SPEC.md
index 32df285..c598a2f 100644
--- a/SPEC.md
+++ b/SPEC.md
@@ -714,7 +714,8 @@ node-terminator := single-line-comment | newline | ';' | eof
 prop := string optional-node-space equals-sign optional-node-space value
 value := type? optional-node-space (string | number | keyword)
 type := '(' optional-node-space string optional-node-space ')'
-equals-sign := See Table (Equals Sign)
+
+equals-sign := See Table ([Equals Sign](#equals-sign))
 
 string := identifier-string | quoted-string | raw-string
 
@@ -762,8 +763,6 @@ bom := '\u{FEFF}'
 
 disallowed-literal-code-points := See Table (Disallowed Literal Code Points)
 
-equals-sign := See Table ([Equals Sign](#equals-sign))
-
 unicode-space := See Table (All [White_Space](#whitespace) unicode characters which are not `newline`)
 
 single-line-comment := '//' ^newline* (newline | eof)