diff --git a/doc/ref/r6rs.texi b/doc/ref/r6rs.texi
index 9d326ff09..5c1c1b18f 100644
--- a/doc/ref/r6rs.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/r6rs.texi
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ case for R6RS treatment of escaped newlines in strings.
 R6RS behavior can be turned on via a reader option. @xref{String
 Syntax}, for more information.
 
+@item
+Guile does not yet support Unicode escapes in symbols, such as
+@code{H\x65;llo} (the same as @code{Hello}), or @code(\x3BB;) (the same
+as @code{λ}).
+
 @item
 A @code{set!} to a variable transformer may only expand to an 
 expression, not a definition---even if the original @code{set!} 
diff --git a/module/ice-9/boot-9.scm b/module/ice-9/boot-9.scm
index fd4e19c00..adabbbbd6 100644
--- a/module/ice-9/boot-9.scm
+++ b/module/ice-9/boot-9.scm
@@ -4078,7 +4078,8 @@ R6RS.  @xref{R6RS Incompatibilities} in the manual."
   (set! %load-extensions
         (cons* ".guile.sls" ".sls"
                (delete ".guile.sls" (delete ".sls" %load-extensions))))
-  (read-enable 'r6rs-hex-escapes))
+  (read-enable 'r6rs-hex-escapes)
+  (read-enable 'hungry-eol-escapes))