diff --git a/collects/scribblings/framework/canvas.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/framework/canvas.scrbl
index 9d59200a..5735b866 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/framework/canvas.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/framework/canvas.scrbl
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 @defmixin[canvas:basic-mixin (editor-canvas%) (canvas:basic<%>)]{
 }
 @definterface[canvas:color<%> (canvas:basic<%>)]{
-  \index{background color}
+  @index{background color}
   Mixins that implement this interface initialize the
   background color of the canvas to the value of the
-  \index{'framework:basic-canvas-background}
+  @index{'framework:basic-canvas-background}
   @scheme['framework:basic-canvas-background] preference.
   Adds a callback so that when that preference is modified,
   the background color changes.
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/framework/menu.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/framework/menu.scrbl
index 09a653ca..2f9b84ef 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/framework/menu.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/framework/menu.scrbl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 }
 @definterface[menu:can-restore-underscore<%> (labelled-menu-item<%>)]{
   These menus can save and restore the underscores (indicated
-  via the \& characters in the original labels) in their
+  via the @litchar{&} characters in the original labels) in their
   labels.
 
   If the preference @scheme['framework:menu-bindings]
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/eventspace-funcs.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/eventspace-funcs.scrbl
index 496d93e6..195b899c 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/eventspace-funcs.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/eventspace-funcs.scrbl
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ A second (optional) boolean argument indicates whether the callback
             boolean?]
            [(yield [v (or/c (one-of/c 'wait) evt?)])
             any/c])]{
-@;\index{pause}\index{wait}
+@;@index{pause}@index{wait}
 Yields control to event dispatching. See
  @secref["eventspaceinfo"] for details.
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/key-event-class.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/key-event-class.scrbl
index ef139688..3923044b 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/key-event-class.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/key-event-class.scrbl
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Gets the virtual key code for the key event. The virtual key code is
 @item{@indexed-scheme['f24]}
 @item{@indexed-scheme['numlock]}
 @item{@indexed-scheme['scroll]}
-@item{@indexed-scheme['wheel-up] --- \index["wheel on mouse"]{mouse} wheel up one notch}
+@item{@indexed-scheme['wheel-up] --- @index["wheel on mouse"]{mouse} wheel up one notch}
 @item{@indexed-scheme['wheel-down] --- mouse wheel down one notch}
 @item{@indexed-scheme['release] --- indicates a key-release event}
 @item{@indexed-scheme['press] --- indicates a key-press event; usually only from @scheme[get-key-release-code]}
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/timer-class.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/timer-class.scrbl
index d29ca13d..c9818ce4 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/timer-class.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/timer-class.scrbl
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Starts (or restarts) the timer. If the timer is already running, its
 
 The timer's alarm expires after @scheme[msec] milliseconds, at which
 point @method[timer% notify] is called (on an event boundary). If
-@scheme[just-once?]\ is @scheme[#f], the timer expires @italic{every}
+@scheme[just-once?] is @scheme[#f], the timer expires @italic{every}
 @scheme[msec] milliseconds until the timer is explicitly
 stopped;\footnote{More precisely, the timer expires @scheme[msec]
 milliseconds after @method[timer% notify] returns each time}
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/top-level-window-intf.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/top-level-window-intf.scrbl
index 7bdd2882..2e0db90e 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/top-level-window-intf.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/top-level-window-intf.scrbl
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ In a dialog, if @scheme[event] is an Escape key event, the event is
 @item{
 If @scheme[event] is an alphanumeric key event and the current top-level
  window contains a control with a mnemonic matching the key (which is
- installed via a label that contains ``\&''; see
+ installed via a label that contains @litchar{&}; see
  @method[window<%> get-label] for more information), then the
  keyboard focus is moved to the matching control. Furthermore, if the
  matching control is a @scheme[button%], @scheme[check-box%], or
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/win-overview.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/win-overview.scrbl
index d7549008..84a55aa0 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/win-overview.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/win-overview.scrbl
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ with the following program:
 
 @schemeblock[
 (code:comment #, @t{Create a dialog})
-(define dialog (instantiate dialog\% ("Example")))
+(define dialog (instantiate dialog% ("Example")))
 
 (code:comment #, @t{Add a text field to the dialog})
 (new text-field% [parent dialog] [label "Your name"])
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/window-intf.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/window-intf.scrbl
index e7ec2963..9fb1f82f 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/window-intf.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/window-intf.scrbl
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Returns the window's cursor, or @scheme[#f] if this window's cursor
            exact-integer?]{
 
 Returns an exact integer representing a handle to the window in the
-current platform's GUI toolbox. Cast this number from a C \cpp{long}
+current platform's GUI toolbox. Cast this number from a C @cpp{long}
 to a platform-specific C type:
 
 @itemize{
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Gets a window's label, if any. Control windows generally display their
  label can be an icon symbol @scheme['app], @scheme['caution], or
  @scheme['stop].
 
-The label string may contain ampersands (``\&''), which serve as
+The label string may contain ampersands (@litchar{&}), which serve as
  keyboard navigation annotations for controls under Windows and X. The
  ampersands are not part of the displayed label of a control; instead,
  ampersands are removed in the displayed label (under all platforms),