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diff --git a/doc/regex.texi b/doc/regex.texi
index bfc34715c..3c31db3b5 100644
--- a/doc/regex.texi
+++ b/doc/regex.texi
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ order:
 If this bit is set, then @samp{\} inside a list (@pxref{List Operators}
 quotes (makes ordinary, if it's special) the following character; if
 this bit isn't set, then @samp{\} is an ordinary character inside lists.
-(@xref{The Backslash Character}, for what `\' does outside of lists.)
+(@xref{The Backslash Character}, for what @samp{\} does outside of lists.)
 
 @cnindex RE_BK_PLUS_QM
 @item RE_BK_PLUS_QM
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ This generalizes the notion of a character in
 two ways.  First, a single character can map into two or more collating
 elements.  For example, the German
 @tex
-`\ss'
+``\ss''
 @end tex
 @ifinfo
 ``es-zet''
@@ -914,8 +914,8 @@ symbol.
 @subsection Character Class Operators (@code{[:} @dots{} @code{:]})
 
 @cindex character classes
-@cindex @samp{[:} in regex
-@cindex @samp{:]} in regex
+@cindex @samp{[colon} in regex
+@cindex @samp{colon]} in regex
 
 If the syntax bit @code{RE_CHAR_CLASSES} is set, then Regex recognizes
 character class expressions inside lists.  A @dfn{character class
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ provide more options than the other interfaces.
 * GNU Searching::               re_search ()
 * Matching/Searching with Split Data::  re_match_2 (), re_search_2 ()
 * Searching with Fastmaps::     re_compile_fastmap ()
-* GNU Translate Tables::        The `translate' field.
+* GNU Translate Tables::        The @code{translate} field.
 * Using Registers::             The re_registers type and related fns.
 * Freeing GNU Pattern Buffers::  regfree ()
 @end menu
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ compiled pattern.  @var{string} is the string you want to match; it can
 contain newline and null characters.  @var{size} is the length of that
 string.  @var{start} is the string index at which you want to
 begin matching; the first character of @var{string} is at index zero.
-@xref{Using Registers}, for a explanation of @var{regs}; you can safely
+@xref{Using Registers}, for an explanation of @var{regs}; you can safely
 pass zero.
 
 @code{re_match} matches the regular expression in @var{pattern_buffer}
@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ matching or searching with the pattern buffer.
 @node Using Registers
 @subsection Using Registers
 
-A group in a regular expression can match a (posssibly empty) substring
+A group in a regular expression can match a (possibly empty) substring
 of the string that regular expression as a whole matched.  The matcher
 remembers the beginning and end of the substring matched by
 each group.