diff --git a/scribble-doc/scribblings/scribble/config.scrbl b/scribble-doc/scribblings/scribble/config.scrbl
index 07781950..0d0af54e 100644
--- a/scribble-doc/scribblings/scribble/config.scrbl
+++ b/scribble-doc/scribblings/scribble/config.scrbl
@@ -519,6 +519,23 @@ style:
  @item{@ltxd[0]{postDoc} --- called after the document content; the 
        default does nothing.}
 
+ @item{A set of commands that control the basic set of Latex packages that are loaded:
+  @itemlist[@item{@ltxd[0]{packageGraphicx}, defaults to @tt{\usepackage{graphicx}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{packageHyperref}, defaults to @tt{\usepackage{hyperref}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{renewrmdefault}, defaults to @tt{\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ptm}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{packageRelsize}, defaults to @tt{\usepackage{relsize}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{packageMathabx}, defaults to @tt{\usepackage{mathabx}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{packageWasysym}, defaults to @tt{\let\leftmoon\relax \let\rightmoon\relax \let\fullmoon\relax \let\newmoon\relax \let\diameter\relax \usepackage{wasysym}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{packageTxfonts}, defaults to @tt{\usepackage{txfonts}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{packageTextcomp}, defaults to @tt{\usepackage{textcomp}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{packageFramed}, defaults to @tt{\usepackage{framed}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{packageHyphenat}, defaults to @tt{\usepackage[htt]{hyphenat}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{packageColor}, defaults to @tt{\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{doHypersetup}, defaults to @tt{\hypersetup{bookmarks=true,bookmarksopen=true,bookmarksnumbered=true}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{packageTocstyle}, defaults to @tt{\IfFileExists{tocstyle.sty}{\usepackage{tocstyle}\usetocstyle{standard}}{}}}
+            @item{@ltxd[0]{packageCJK}, defaults to @tt{\IfFileExists{CJK.sty}{\usepackage{CJK}}{}}}]
+  @history[#:changed "1.36" @list{Added @ltx{packageTxfonts}}]}
+
  @item{@ltxd[0]{sectionNewpage} --- called before each top-level
        section starts; the default does nothing, while the
        @racketmodname[scribble/manual] configuration uses
diff --git a/scribble-doc/scribblings/scribble/utils.rkt b/scribble-doc/scribblings/scribble/utils.rkt
index ba37ecf6..417c6e43 100644
--- a/scribble-doc/scribblings/scribble/utils.rkt
+++ b/scribble-doc/scribblings/scribble/utils.rkt
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 (define (ltx s) (tt "\\" s)) ; command
 (define (ltxe s) (tt s)) ; enviornment
 (define (ltxd n s)
-  (make-element #f (cons (index (list s) (ltx s))
+  (make-element #f (cons (index (list (format "\\~a" s)) (ltx s))
                          (for/list ([i (in-range n)]) (tt "{}")))))
 
 ;; Utility to render examples of scribble documentation forms