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 OK (5 tests, 5 assertions)
 ```
 
+New Lines in private keys
+-----
+
+If your private key contains `\n` characters, be sure to wrap it in double quotes `""`
+and not single quotes `''` in order to properly interpret the escaped characters.
+
 License
 -------
 [3-Clause BSD](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).