diff --git a/collects/scribblings/framework/canvas.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/framework/canvas.scrbl
index 9d59200af8..5735b866f1 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 09a653caf1..2f9b84ef6c 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/draw-overview.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/draw-overview.scrbl
index 4868ffaa1e..f791f21b08 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/draw-overview.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/draw-overview.scrbl
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ More complex shapes are typically best implemented with
        [parent f]
        [paint-callback
         (lambda (c dc)
-          (send dc #,(:: dc<%> set-background) (make-object color\% 220 200 255))
+          (send dc #,(:: dc<%> set-background) (make-object color% 220 200 255))
           (send dc #,(:: dc<%> clear))
           (send dc #,(:: dc<%> set-smoothing) 'smoothed)
           (send dc #,(:: dc<%> set-origin) 5 5)
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/eventspace-funcs.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/eventspace-funcs.scrbl
index 496d93e618..195b899c15 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/font-class.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/font-class.scrbl
index 6b28d2016a..2d2bbba26a 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/font-class.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/font-class.scrbl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ A @defterm{font} is an object which determines the appearance of text,
 
  @item{size --- The size of the text, either in points (the default)
                 or logical drawing units, depending on the
-                ``size-in-pixels?''\ property (see below).}
+                ``size-in-pixels?'' property (see below).}
 
  @item{family --- A platform- and device-independent font
                   designation. The families are:
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/font-name-directory-intf.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/font-name-directory-intf.scrbl
index d47283e2b7..455ef1d8cf 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/font-name-directory-intf.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/font-name-directory-intf.scrbl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ There is one @scheme[font-name-directory<%>] object:
  PostScript font name, which encapsulates the style and weight. When
  drawing to a bitmap in X, the rendering information is an X font
  string, which encapsulates the style and weight, parameterized over
- the size (using a ``\%d'' placeholder).
+ the size (using a ``%d'' placeholder).
 
 Programmers rarely need to directly invoke methods of
  @scheme[the-font-name-directory]. It is used automatically when
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/key-event-class.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/key-event-class.scrbl
index ef13968802..3923044bf0 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 d29ca13dbf..c9818ce4e6 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 7bdd2882e3..2e0db90e8a 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 d754900891..84a55aa032 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 e7ec29638b..9fb1f82f09 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),
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-general-function.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-general-function.scrbl
index d1d933eb9a..eacbfb922f 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-general-function.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-general-function.scrbl
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ Here are two uses:
 @schemeblock[
 (code:comment "nat -> nat") 
 (define (f x)
-  (printf "~s \n" x)
+  (printf "~s\n" x)
   (if (= x 0) #f -1))
 (n-step f '(2))
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-simple-function.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-simple-function.scrbl
index 90be204534..0588b08f2c 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-simple-function.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-simple-function.scrbl
@@ -219,21 +219,19 @@ scheme
 (define (has-decimal? str)
   (define L (string-length str))
   (and (>= L 3)
-       (char=?
-        #\.
-        (string-ref result (- L 3)))))
+       (char=? #\. (string-ref result (- L 3)))))
 
 (provide/contract
   (code:comment "convert a random number to a string")
   [format-number (-> number? string?)]
-  
+
   (code:comment "convert an amount into a string with a decimal")
   (code:comment "point, as in an amount of US currency")
-  [format-nat (-> natural-number/c 
+  [format-nat (-> natural-number/c
                   (and/c string? has-decimal?))])
 ]
 The contract of the exported function @scheme[format-number] specifies that
-the function consumes a number and produces a string. 
+the function consumes a number and produces a string.
 
 The contract of the exported function @scheme[format-nat] is more
 interesting than the one of @scheme[format-number].  It consumes only
@@ -255,14 +253,12 @@ scheme
 (define (has-decimal? str)
   (define L (string-length str))
   (and (>= L 3)
-       (char=?
-        #\.
-        (string-ref result (- L 3)))))
+       (char=? #\. (string-ref result (- L 3)))))
 
 (define (is-decimal-string? str)
   (define L (string-length str))
   (and (has-decimal? str)
-       (andmap digit-char? 
+       (andmap digit-char?
                (string->list (substring result 0 (- L 3))))
        (andmap digit-char?
                (string->list (substring result (- L 2) L)))))
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/inside/eval.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/inside/eval.scrbl
index 94d520a5b9..a4cf5eaf75 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/inside/eval.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/inside/eval.scrbl
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ finalizations.}
            [Scheme_Object** argv])]{
 
 Creates and returns a new namespace. This values can be cast to
-@scheme[Scheme\_Env *]. It can also be installed in
+@cpp[Scheme_Env *]. It can also be installed in
 a parameterization using @cppi{scheme_set_param} with
 @cppi{MZCONFIG_ENV}.
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/inside/exns.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/inside/exns.scrbl
index 7c51629578..d79bc57518 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/inside/exns.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/inside/exns.scrbl
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ for @cpp{printf}, but with the following format directives:
 
  @item{@FormatD{Z} : a potential platform-specific error value and a
  @cpp{char} string; if the string is non-@cpp{NULL}, then the error
- value is ignored, otherwise the error value is used as for \Format{E}.}
+ value is ignored, otherwise the error value is used as for @FormatD{E}.}
 
  @item{@FormatD{%} : a percent sign}
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/inside/misc.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/inside/misc.scrbl
index 8f05e75a13..bf059ed553 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/inside/misc.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/inside/misc.scrbl
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ Returns 1 if the Scheme values are @scheme[equal?].}
 @function[(long scheme_equal_hash_key
            [Scheme_Object* obj])]{
 
-Returns the primary @scheme[equal?]-hash key for \var{obj}.}
+Returns the primary @scheme[equal?]-hash key for @var{obj}.}
 
 @function[(long scheme_equal_hash_key2
            [Scheme_Object* obj])]{
 
-Returns the secondary @scheme[equal?]-hash key for \var{obj}.}
+Returns the secondary @scheme[equal?]-hash key for @var{obj}.}
 
 @function[(long scheme_recur_equal_hash_key
            [Scheme_Object* obj]
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Like @cpp{scheme_equal_hash_key}, but accepts an extra value for cycle
 tracking. This procedure is meant to be called by a hasing procedure
 installed with @cpp{scheme_set_type_equality}.}
 
-Returns the primary @scheme[equal?]-hash key for \var{obj}.}
+Returns the primary @scheme[equal?]-hash key for @var{obj}.}
 
 @function[(long scheme_recur_equal_hash_key2
            [Scheme_Object* obj]
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ that will be encountered.}
 @function[(Scheme_Hash_Table* scheme_make_hash_table_equal)]{
 
 Like @cpp{scheme_make_hash_table}, except that keys are treated as
-Scheme values and hashed based on @scheme[equal?]\ instead of
+Scheme values and hashed based on @scheme[equal?] instead of
 @scheme[eq?].}
 
 @function[(void scheme_hash_set
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/inside/values.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/inside/values.scrbl
index 637fb8c89b..b28af3b07d 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/inside/values.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/inside/values.scrbl
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ value.}
            [Scheme_Object* carv]
            [Scheme_Object* cdrv])]{
 
-Makes a \scmi{cons} pair.}
+Makes a @scheme[cons] pair.}
 
 @function[(Scheme_Object* scheme_make_byte_string
            [char* bytes])]{
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/class.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/class.scrbl
index 45192b8f4b..219a62e709 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/class.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/class.scrbl
@@ -854,10 +854,10 @@ Produces an integer hash code consistent with
 
  (define-values (fc% key) (fresh-c%))]
 
-(send (new fc%) m) ; {\Is} error: no method @scheme[m]
+(send (new fc%) m)
 (let ()
   (define-member-name p key)
-  (send (new fc%) p)) ; {\Is} \schemeresult{10}
+  (send (new fc%) p))
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/cont.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/cont.scrbl
index 41df0582ed..12046adfde 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/cont.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/cont.scrbl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 See @secref["cont-model"] and @secref["prompt-model"] for general
 information about continuations. PLT Scheme's support for prompts and
 composable continuations most closely resembles Dorai Sitaram's
-@scheme[\%] and @scheme[fcontrol] operator @cite["Sitaram93"].
+@scheme[%] and @scheme[fcontrol] operator @cite["Sitaram93"].
 
 Scheme installs a @defterm{continuation barrier} around evaluation in
 the following contexts, preventing full-continuation jumps across the
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/networking.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/networking.scrbl
index babc6af9f6..8bd79432b4 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/networking.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/networking.scrbl
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ If the listener has already been closed, the @exnraise[exn:fail:network].
 The listener's port number may not become immediately available for
 new listeners (with the default @scheme[reuse?] argument of
 @scheme[tcp-listen]). For further information, see Stevens's
-explanation of the @tt{TIME\_WAIT} TCP state.}
+explanation of the @tt{TIME_WAIT} TCP state.}
 
 
 @defproc[(tcp-listener? [v any/c]) boolean?]{
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/reader.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/reader.scrbl
index 2ac8cb056f..b1019f9503 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/reader.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/reader.scrbl
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ parse takes precedence over a symbol parse.
 @index["case-sensitivity"]{@index["case-insensitive"]{When}} the
 @scheme[read-case-sensitive] @tech{parameter} is set to @scheme[#f],
 characters in the sequence that are not quoted by @litchar["|"] or
-@litchar["\\"] are first case-normalized. If the reader encounters
+@litchar{\} are first case-normalized. If the reader encounters
 @as-index{@litchar{#ci}}, @litchar{#CI}, @litchar{#Ci}, or
 @litchar{#cI}, then it recursively reads the following datum in
 case-insensitive mode. If the reader encounters
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ included a single delimited @litchar{.}, then only the innermost pair
 and outtermost pair are wrapped as syntax objects. Whether wrapping a
 pair or list, if the pair or list was formed with @litchar{[} and
 @litchar{]}, then a @indexed-scheme['paren-shape] property is attached
-to the result with the value @scheme[#\[];if the list or pair was
+to the result with the value @scheme[#\[]; if the list or pair was
 formed with @litchar["{"] and @litchar["}"], then a
 @scheme['paren-shape] property is attached to the result with the
 value @scheme[#\{].
@@ -386,14 +386,14 @@ Within a string sequence, the following escape sequences are
 
 @itemize{
 
- @item{@as-index{@litchar["\\a"]}: alarm (ASCII 7)}
- @item{@as-index{@litchar["\\b"]}: backspace (ASCII 8)}
- @item{@as-index{@litchar["\\t"]}: tab (ASCII 9)}
- @item{@as-index{@litchar["\\n"]}: linefeed (ASCII 10)}
- @item{@as-index{@litchar["\\v"]}: vertical tab (ASCII 11)}
- @item{@as-index{@litchar["\\f"]}: formfeed (ASCII 12)}
- @item{@as-index{@litchar["\\r"]}: return (ASCII 13)}
- @item{@as-index{@litchar["\\e"]}: escape (ASCII 27)}
+ @item{@as-index{@litchar{\a}}: alarm (ASCII 7)}
+ @item{@as-index{@litchar{\b}}: backspace (ASCII 8)}
+ @item{@as-index{@litchar{\t}}: tab (ASCII 9)}
+ @item{@as-index{@litchar{\n}}: linefeed (ASCII 10)}
+ @item{@as-index{@litchar{\v}}: vertical tab (ASCII 11)}
+ @item{@as-index{@litchar{\f}}: formfeed (ASCII 12)}
+ @item{@as-index{@litchar{\r}}: return (ASCII 13)}
+ @item{@as-index{@litchar{\e}}: escape (ASCII 27)}
 
  @item{@as-index{@litchar["\\\""]}: double-quotes (without terminating the string)}
  @item{@as-index{@litchar["\\'"]}: quote (i.e., the backslash has no effect)}