6 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.0.rst
index 71f6818..c2b0ae8 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.0.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.0.rst
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ Lundh.  A detailed explanation of the interface was written up as :pep:`100`,
 significant points about the Unicode interfaces.
 
 In Python source code, Unicode strings are written as ``u"string"``.  Arbitrary
-Unicode characters can be written using a new escape sequence, ``\uHHHH``, where
+Unicode characters can be written using a new escape sequence, :samp:`\\u{HHHH}`, where
 *HHHH* is a 4-digit hexadecimal number from 0000 to FFFF.  The existing
-``\xHHHH`` escape sequence can also be used, and octal escapes can be used for
+:samp:`\\x{HH}` escape sequence can also be used, and octal escapes can be used for
 characters up to U+01FF, which is represented by ``\777``.
 
 Unicode strings, just like regular strings, are an immutable sequence type.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index beba442..f3912d4 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ and to C extension code as :c:data:`!Py_Py3kWarningFlag`.
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   The 3xxx series of PEPs, which contains proposals for Python 3.0.
+   The 3\ *xxx* series of PEPs, which contains proposals for Python 3.0.
    :pep:`3000` describes the development process for Python 3.0.
    Start with :pep:`3100` that describes the general goals for Python
    3.0, and then explore the higher-numbered PEPS that propose
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index e2d2902..257025d 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ Windows ``py.exe`` launcher improvements
 
 The copy of the :ref:`launcher` included with Python 3.11 has been significantly
 updated. It now supports company/tag syntax as defined in :pep:`514` using the
-``-V:<company>/<tag>`` argument instead of the limited ``-<major>.<minor>``.
+:samp:`-V:{<company>}/{<tag>}` argument instead of the limited :samp:`-{<major>}.{<minor>}`.
 This allows launching distributions other than ``PythonCore``,
 the one hosted on `python.org <https://www.python.org>`_.
 
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ installs will be searched. For example, ``-V:OtherPython/`` will select the
 "best" tag registered for ``OtherPython``, while ``-V:3.11`` or ``-V:/3.11``
 will select the "best" distribution with tag ``3.11``.
 
-When using the legacy ``-<major>``, ``-<major>.<minor>``,
-``-<major>-<bitness>`` or ``-<major>.<minor>-<bitness>`` arguments,
+When using the legacy :samp:`-{<major>}`, :samp:`-{<major>}.{<minor>}`,
+:samp:`-{<major>}-{<bitness>}` or :samp:`-{<major>}.{<minor>}-{<bitness>}` arguments,
 all existing behaviour should be preserved from past versions,
 and only releases from ``PythonCore`` will be selected.
 However, the ``-64`` suffix now implies "not 32-bit" (not necessarily x86-64),
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
index 3f98c82..e440193 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -2067,7 +2067,7 @@ The :pep:`418` added new functions to the :mod:`time` module:
 Other new functions:
 
 * :func:`~time.clock_getres`, :func:`~time.clock_gettime` and
-  :func:`~time.clock_settime` functions with ``CLOCK_xxx`` constants.
+  :func:`~time.clock_settime` functions with :samp:`CLOCK_{xxx}` constants.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`10278`.)
 
 To improve cross platform consistency, :func:`~time.sleep` now raises a
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index a36e9fa..2ddab76 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -2085,7 +2085,7 @@ Deprecations in the Python API
   :meth:`importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder.find_spec`;
   :meth:`!importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_loader` and
   :meth:`!find_module` are replaced by
-  :meth:`importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_spec`; all of the ``xxxLoader`` ABC
+  :meth:`importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_spec`; all of the :samp:`{xxx}Loader` ABC
   ``load_module`` methods (:meth:`!importlib.abc.Loader.load_module`,
   :meth:`!importlib.abc.InspectLoader.load_module`,
   :meth:`!importlib.abc.FileLoader.load_module`,
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index 6d11049..e15180c 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ Other Language Changes
   or :meth:`~object.__complex__` is not available.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`20092`.)
 
-* Added support of ``\N{name}`` escapes in :mod:`regular expressions <re>`::
+* Added support of :samp:`\\N\\{{name}\\}` escapes in :mod:`regular expressions <re>`::
 
     >>> notice = 'Copyright © 2019'
     >>> copyright_year_pattern = re.compile(r'\N{copyright sign}\s*(\d{4})')