diff --git a/Doc/lib/libascii.tex b/Doc/lib/libascii.tex
index ae4fe6f61b2..003bd9544de 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libascii.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libascii.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 \declaremodule{standard}{curses.ascii}
 \modulesynopsis{Constants and set-membership functions for
-                \ASCII{} characters.}
+                \ASCII\ characters.}
 \moduleauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@thyrsus.com}
 \sectionauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@thyrsus.com}
 
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex b/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex
index 55a743ab31f..a569a47d321 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libbinascii.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 \declaremodule{builtin}{binascii}
 \modulesynopsis{Tools for converting between binary and various
-                \ASCII{}-encoded binary representations.}
+                \ASCII-encoded binary representations.}
 
 
 The \module{binascii} module contains a number of methods to convert
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcalendar.tex b/Doc/lib/libcalendar.tex
index f5dd8c412a9..c6ca67fee30 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libcalendar.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcalendar.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 \declaremodule{standard}{calendar}
 \modulesynopsis{General functions for working with the calendar,
-                including some emulation of the \UNIX{} \program{cal}
+                including some emulation of the \UNIX\ \program{cal}
                 program.}
 \sectionauthor{Drew Csillag}{drew_csillag@geocities.com}
 
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcrypt.tex b/Doc/lib/libcrypt.tex
index e3936b7a5d2..20d9bb2ad0c 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libcrypt.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcrypt.tex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 \declaremodule{builtin}{crypt}
   \platform{Unix}
 \modulesynopsis{The \cfunction{crypt()} function used to check
-  \UNIX{} passwords.}
+  \UNIX\ passwords.}
 \moduleauthor{Steven D. Majewski}{sdm7g@virginia.edu}
 \sectionauthor{Steven D. Majewski}{sdm7g@virginia.edu}
 \sectionauthor{Peter Funk}{pf@artcom-gmbh.de}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libpipes.tex b/Doc/lib/libpipes.tex
index 2b1763b0ea2..4e6ea53930c 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libpipes.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libpipes.tex
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 \declaremodule{standard}{pipes}
   \platform{Unix}
 \sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{moshez@zadka.site.co.il}
-\modulesynopsis{A Python interface to \UNIX{} shell pipelines.}
+\modulesynopsis{A Python interface to \UNIX\ shell pipelines.}
 
 
 The \module{pipes} module defines a class to abstract the concept of
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
index dada9730117..0bb8173769e 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 \declaremodule{builtin}{posix}
   \platform{Unix}
-\modulesynopsis{The most common \POSIX{} system calls (normally used
+\modulesynopsis{The most common \POSIX\ system calls (normally used
                 via module \refmodule{os}).}
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex b/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex
index 4ed928c95f5..eecded7d8f3 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libshlex.tex
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          Simple lexical analysis}
 
 \declaremodule{standard}{shlex}
-\modulesynopsis{Simple lexical analysis for \UNIX{} shell-like languages.}
+\modulesynopsis{Simple lexical analysis for \UNIX\ shell-like languages.}
 \moduleauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@snark.thyrsus.com}
 \sectionauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@snark.thyrsus.com}
 
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsyslog.tex b/Doc/lib/libsyslog.tex
index 6f58287b26f..fc59776c670 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsyslog.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsyslog.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 \declaremodule{builtin}{syslog}
   \platform{Unix}
-\modulesynopsis{An interface to the \UNIX{} syslog library routines.}
+\modulesynopsis{An interface to the \UNIX\ syslog library routines.}
 
 
 This module provides an interface to the \UNIX{} \code{syslog} library
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtermios.tex b/Doc/lib/libtermios.tex
index 95ee1fd03a1..db8799dcc4e 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libtermios.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libtermios.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 \declaremodule{builtin}{termios}
   \platform{Unix}
-\modulesynopsis{\POSIX{} style tty control.}
+\modulesynopsis{\POSIX\ style tty control.}
 
 \indexii{\POSIX{}}{I/O control}
 \indexii{tty}{I/O control}