diff --git a/gdk/gdkcolor.c b/gdk/gdkcolor.c
index 92c88f5d6c..4b8527b7b2 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkcolor.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkcolor.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ gdk_color_parse (const gchar *spec,
  * @color: a #GdkColor
  *
  * Returns a textual specification of @color in the hexadecimal
- * form `\#rrrrggggbbbb`, where `r`, `g` and `b` are hex digits
+ * form `#rrrrggggbbbb`, where `r`, `g` and `b` are hex digits
  * representing the red, green and blue components respectively.
  *
  * The returned string can be parsed by gdk_color_parse().
diff --git a/gtk/gtkaboutdialog.c b/gtk/gtkaboutdialog.c
index 2c6c9e5388..d2a56b6ed4 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkaboutdialog.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkaboutdialog.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
  * use the function gtk_show_about_dialog() which constructs and shows a dialog
  * and keeps it around so that it can be shown again.
  *
- * Note that GTK+ sets a default title of `_("About \%s")` on the dialog
+ * Note that GTK+ sets a default title of `_("About %s")` on the dialog
  * window (where \%s is replaced by the name of the application, but in
  * order to ensure proper translation of the title, applications should
  * set the title property explicitly when constructing a GtkAboutDialog,
diff --git a/gtk/gtkcssprovider.c b/gtk/gtkcssprovider.c
index c0c8f852c2..242f1b9327 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcssprovider.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcssprovider.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
  * various ways:
  * - To require that a widget satisfies several conditions,
  *   combine several selectors into one by concatenating them. E.g.
- *   `GtkButton\#button1` matches a GtkButton widget
+ *   `GtkButton#button1` matches a GtkButton widget
  *   with the name button1.
  * - To only match a widget when it occurs inside some other
  *   widget, write the two selectors after each other, separated by whitespace.
diff --git a/gtk/gtksettings.c b/gtk/gtksettings.c
index 5c834ef4b6..c5d5e5165f 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksettings.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksettings.c
@@ -979,8 +979,8 @@ gtk_settings_class_init (GtkSettingsClass *class)
    * GtkSettings:gtk-print-preview-command:
    *
    * A command to run for displaying the print preview. The command
-   * should contain a `\%f` placeholder, which will get replaced by
-   * the path to the pdf file. The command may also contain a `\%s`
+   * should contain a `%f` placeholder, which will get replaced by
+   * the path to the pdf file. The command may also contain a `%s`
    * placeholder, which will get replaced by the path to a file
    * containing the print settings in the format produced by
    * gtk_print_settings_to_file().
diff --git a/gtk/gtkshow.c b/gtk/gtkshow.c
index 34ae80fa79..39ac0b8673 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkshow.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkshow.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  * Typical examples are
  * - `file:///home/gnome/pict.jpg`
  * - `http://www.gnome.org`
- * - `mailto:me\@gnome.org`
+ * - `mailto:me@gnome.org`
  * Ideally the timestamp is taken from the event triggering
  * the gtk_show_uri() call. If timestamp is not known you can take
  * %GDK_CURRENT_TIME.