cPanel Redirect rule escape question

When user creates an add-on domain, and redirects it in cPanel, you write the following to .htaccess: RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain\.tld$ [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.mydomain\.tld$ RewriteRule ^/?$ "https\:\/\/www\.myotherdomain\.tld\/company\/about\-company\-information\/" [R=301,L] I know it works anyway in this case, but WHY are you escaping the right hand side in the rule ?