diff --git a/doc/pages/expansions.asciidoc b/doc/pages/expansions.asciidoc
index 191e588b..6d935a3f 100644
--- a/doc/pages/expansions.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pages/expansions.asciidoc
@@ -427,3 +427,8 @@ everywhere.
 A value described as a "quoted list" will follow the rules of Kakoune string
 quoting (See <<command-parsing#,`:doc command-parsing`>>). An "unquoted list"
 cannot contain any special characters that would require quoting.
+
+== Recursive Expansions
+
+Expansions with the type `exp` expand their content, the same way doubly
+quoted strings do.
diff --git a/src/command_manager.cc b/src/command_manager.cc
index 22b365ea..e1b44888 100644
--- a/src/command_manager.cc
+++ b/src/command_manager.cc
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ Token::Type token_type(StringView type_name, bool throw_on_invalid)
         return Token::Type::ArgExpand;
     else if (type_name == "file")
         return Token::Type::FileExpand;
+    else if (type_name == "exp")
+        return Token::Type::Expand;
     else if (throw_on_invalid)
         throw parse_error{format("unknown expand '{}'", type_name)};
     else
@@ -396,7 +398,7 @@ void expand_token(Token&& token, const Context& context, const ShellContext& she
     }
     case Token::Type::FileExpand:
         return set_target(read_file(content));
-    case Token::Type::RawEval:
+    case Token::Type::Expand:
         return set_target(expand(content, context, shell_context));
     case Token::Type::Raw:
     case Token::Type::RawQuoted:
@@ -425,7 +427,7 @@ Optional<Token> CommandParser::read_token(bool throw_on_unterminated)
         ParseResult quoted = parse_quoted(m_state, c);
         if (throw_on_unterminated and not quoted.terminated)
             throw parse_error{format("unterminated string {0}...{0}", c)};
-        return Token{c == '"' ? Token::Type::RawEval
+        return Token{c == '"' ? Token::Type::Expand
                               : Token::Type::RawQuoted,
                      start - line.begin(), std::move(quoted.content),
                      quoted.terminated};
@@ -613,7 +615,7 @@ Optional<CommandInfo> CommandManager::command_info(const Context& context, Strin
         {
             if (it->type == Token::Type::Raw or
                 it->type == Token::Type::RawQuoted or
-                it->type == Token::Type::RawEval)
+                it->type == Token::Type::Expand)
                 params.push_back(it->content);
         }
         String helpstr = cmd->value.helper(context, params);
@@ -692,9 +694,9 @@ static Completions complete_expansion(const Context& context, CompletionFlags fl
     }
 }
 
-static Completions complete_raw_eval(const Context& context, CompletionFlags flags,
-                                     StringView prefix, ByteCount start,
-                                     ByteCount cursor_pos, ByteCount pos_in_token)
+static Completions complete_expand(const Context& context, CompletionFlags flags,
+                                        StringView prefix, ByteCount start,
+                                        ByteCount cursor_pos, ByteCount pos_in_token)
 {
     ParseState state{prefix, prefix.begin()};
     while (state)
@@ -849,8 +851,8 @@ Completions CommandManager::complete(const Context& context,
 
         return offset_pos(requote(command.completer(context, flags, params, index, pos_in_token), token.type), start);
     }
-    case Token::Type::RawEval:
-        return complete_raw_eval(context, flags, token.content, start, cursor_pos, pos_in_token);
+    case Token::Type::Expand:
+        return complete_expand(context, flags, token.content, start, cursor_pos, pos_in_token);
     default:
         break;
     }
diff --git a/src/command_manager.hh b/src/command_manager.hh
index 503e1977..8804b5b2 100644
--- a/src/command_manager.hh
+++ b/src/command_manager.hh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct Token
     {
         Raw,
         RawQuoted,
-        RawEval,
+        Expand,
         ShellExpand,
         RegisterExpand,
         OptionExpand,
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index fef83090..b64b14d6 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ struct {
     unsigned int version;
     StringView notes;
 } constexpr version_notes[] = { {
+        0,
+        "» History is now stored linearly instead of in a tree\n"
+        "» {+u}%exp\\{...}{} expansions provide flexible quoting for expanded "
+        "strings (as double quoted strings)\n"
+    }, {
         20221031,
         "» {+b}<esc>{} does not end macro recording anymore, use {+b}Q{}\n"
         "» pipe commands do not append final end-of-lines anymore\n"