-</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="query-command"></a>3.203. query_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
-Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
-This specifies the command that mutt will use to make external address
-queries. The string should contain a “<span class="quote">%s</span>”, which will be substituted
-with the query string the user types. See “<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="advancedusage.html#query" title="5. External Address Queries">query</a></span>” for more
-information.
-</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="query-format"></a>3.204. query_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
-Default: “<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%4c %t %-25.25a %-25.25n %?e?(%e)?</code></span>”</p></div><p>
-This variable describes the format of the “<span class="quote">query</span>” menu. The
+</p></div><div class="sect2" title="3.204. query_command"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="query-command"></a>3.204. query_command</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: path<br />
+Default: (empty)</p></div><p>
+This specifies the command Mutt will use to make external address
+queries. The string may contain a <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">%s</span>”</span>, which will be substituted
+with the query string the user types. Mutt will add quotes around the
+string substituted for <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">%s</span>”</span> automatically according to shell quoting
+rules, so you should avoid adding your own. If no <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">%s</span>”</span> is found in
+the string, Mutt will append the user's query to the end of the string.
+See <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><a class="link" href="advancedusage.html#query" title="6. External Address Queries">query</a></span>”</span> for more information.
+</p></div><div class="sect2" title="3.205. query_format"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="query-format"></a>3.205. query_format</h3></div></div></div><div class="literallayout"><p>Type: string<br />
+Default: <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">%4c %t %-25.25a %-25.25n %?e?(%e)?</code></span>”</span></p></div><p>
+This variable describes the format of the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">query</span>”</span> menu. The