diff --git a/base/strings/unicode.jl b/base/strings/unicode.jl
index fcb4a371e9898..f2938ba6021f2 100644
--- a/base/strings/unicode.jl
+++ b/base/strings/unicode.jl
@@ -174,14 +174,21 @@ function utf8proc_map(str::Union{String,SubString{String}}, options::Integer, ch
     return String(resize!(buffer, nbytes))
 end
 
-# from julia_charmap.h, used by julia_chartransform in the Unicode stdlib
+"""
+`Dict` of `original codepoint => replacement codepoint` normalizations
+to perform on Julia identifiers, to canonicalize characters that
+are both easily confused and easily inputted by accident.
+
+!!! warning
+    When this table is updated, also update the corresponding table in `src/flisp/julia_charmap.h`.
+"""
 const _julia_charmap = Dict{UInt32,UInt32}(
-    0x025B => 0x03B5,
-    0x00B5 => 0x03BC,
-    0x00B7 => 0x22C5,
-    0x0387 => 0x22C5,
-    0x2212 => 0x002D,
-    0x210F => 0x0127,
+    0x025B => 0x03B5, # latin small letter open e -> greek small letter epsilon
+    0x00B5 => 0x03BC, # micro sign -> greek small letter mu
+    0x00B7 => 0x22C5, # middot char -> dot operator (#25098)
+    0x0387 => 0x22C5, # Greek interpunct -> dot operator (#25098)
+    0x2212 => 0x002D, # minus -> hyphen-minus (#26193)
+    0x210F => 0x0127, # hbar -> small letter h with stroke (#48870)
 )
 
 utf8proc_map(s::AbstractString, flags::Integer, chartransform::F = identity) where F = utf8proc_map(String(s), flags, chartransform)