25 files changed, 177 insertions, 177 deletions
diff --git a/man/man7/aio.7 b/man/man7/aio.7
index 513fbbb739..eca1ae3fad 100644
--- a/man/man7/aio.7
+++ b/man/man7/aio.7
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ the program retrieves their status using
 .P
 The
 .B SIGQUIT
-signal (generated by typing control-\e) causes the program to request
+signal (generated by typing control-\[rs]) causes the program to request
 cancelation of each of the outstanding requests using
 .BR aio_cancel (3).
 .P
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static void                 /* Handler for I/O completion signal */
 aioSigHandler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *ucontext)
 {
     if (si\->si_code == SI_ASYNCIO) {
-        write(STDOUT_FILENO, "I/O completion signal received\en", 31);
+        write(STDOUT_FILENO, "I/O completion signal received\[rs]n", 31);
 \&
         /* The corresponding ioRequest structure would be available as
                struct ioRequest *ioReq = si\->si_value.sival_ptr;
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     int openReqs;       /* Number of I/O requests still in progress */
 \&
     if (argc < 2) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <pathname> <pathname>...\en",
+        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <pathname> <pathname>...\[rs]n",
                 argv[0]);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         ioList[j].aiocbp\->aio_fildes = open(argv[j + 1], O_RDONLY);
         if (ioList[j].aiocbp\->aio_fildes == \-1)
             errExit("open");
-        printf("opened %s on descriptor %d\en", argv[j + 1],
+        printf("opened %s on descriptor %d\[rs]n", argv[j + 1],
                 ioList[j].aiocbp\->aio_fildes);
 \&
         ioList[j].aiocbp\->aio_buf = malloc(BUF_SIZE);
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                outstanding I/O requests, and display status returned
                from the cancelation requests. */
 \&
-            printf("got SIGQUIT; canceling I/O requests: \en");
+            printf("got SIGQUIT; canceling I/O requests: \[rs]n");
 \&
             for (size_t j = 0; j < numReqs; j++) {
                 if (ioList[j].status == EINPROGRESS) {
@@ -363,11 +363,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                     s = aio_cancel(ioList[j].aiocbp\->aio_fildes,
                             ioList[j].aiocbp);
                     if (s == AIO_CANCELED)
-                        printf("I/O canceled\en");
+                        printf("I/O canceled\[rs]n");
                     else if (s == AIO_NOTCANCELED)
-                        printf("I/O not canceled\en");
+                        printf("I/O not canceled\[rs]n");
                     else if (s == AIO_ALLDONE)
-                        printf("I/O all done\en");
+                        printf("I/O all done\[rs]n");
                     else
                         perror("aio_cancel");
                 }
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         /* Check the status of each I/O request that is still
            in progress. */
 \&
-        printf("aio_error():\en");
+        printf("aio_error():\[rs]n");
         for (size_t j = 0; j < numReqs; j++) {
             if (ioList[j].status == EINPROGRESS) {
                 printf("    for request %zu (descriptor %d): ",
@@ -388,13 +388,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 \&
                 switch (ioList[j].status) {
                 case 0:
-                    printf("I/O succeeded\en");
+                    printf("I/O succeeded\[rs]n");
                     break;
                 case EINPROGRESS:
-                    printf("In progress\en");
+                    printf("In progress\[rs]n");
                     break;
                 case ECANCELED:
-                    printf("Canceled\en");
+                    printf("Canceled\[rs]n");
                     break;
                 default:
                     perror("aio_error");
@@ -407,16 +407,16 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 \&
-    printf("All I/O requests completed\en");
+    printf("All I/O requests completed\[rs]n");
 \&
     /* Check status return of all I/O requests. */
 \&
-    printf("aio_return():\en");
+    printf("aio_return():\[rs]n");
     for (size_t j = 0; j < numReqs; j++) {
         ssize_t s;
 \&
         s = aio_return(ioList[j].aiocbp);
-        printf("    for request %zu (descriptor %d): %zd\en",
+        printf("    for request %zu (descriptor %d): %zd\[rs]n",
                 j, ioList[j].aiocbp\->aio_fildes, s);
     }
 \&
diff --git a/man/man7/ascii.7 b/man/man7/ascii.7
index ab95c4749a..0742647761 100644
--- a/man/man7/ascii.7
+++ b/man/man7/ascii.7
@@ -25,27 +25,27 @@ The international counterpart of ASCII is known as ISO/IEC\~646-IRV.
 .P
 The following table contains the 128 ASCII characters.
 .P
-C program \f(CW\[aq]\eX\[aq]\fP escapes are noted.
+C program \f(CW\[aq]\[rs]X\[aq]\fP escapes are noted.
 .P
 .EX
 .TS
 l l l l | l l l l.
 Oct	Dec	Hex	Char	Oct	Dec	Hex	Char
 _
-000	0	00	NUL \[aq]\e0\[aq] (null character)	100	64	40	@
+000	0	00	NUL \[aq]\[rs]0\[aq] (null character)	100	64	40	@
 001	1	01	SOH (start of heading)	101	65	41	A
 002	2	02	STX (start of text)	102	66	42	B
 003	3	03	ETX (end of text)	103	67	43	C
 004	4	04	EOT (end of transmission)	104	68	44	D
 005	5	05	ENQ (enquiry)	105	69	45	E
 006	6	06	ACK (acknowledge)	106	70	46	F
-007	7	07	BEL \[aq]\ea\[aq] (bell)	107	71	47	G
-010	8	08	BS  \[aq]\eb\[aq] (backspace)	110	72	48	H
-011	9	09	HT  \[aq]\et\[aq] (horizontal tab)	111	73	49	I
-012	10	0A	LF  \[aq]\en\[aq] (new line)	112	74	4A	J
-013	11	0B	VT  \[aq]\ev\[aq] (vertical tab)	113	75	4B	K
-014	12	0C	FF  \[aq]\ef\[aq] (form feed)	114	76	4C	L
-015	13	0D	CR  \[aq]\er\[aq] (carriage ret)	115	77	4D	M
+007	7	07	BEL \[aq]\[rs]a\[aq] (bell)	107	71	47	G
+010	8	08	BS  \[aq]\[rs]b\[aq] (backspace)	110	72	48	H
+011	9	09	HT  \[aq]\[rs]t\[aq] (horizontal tab)	111	73	49	I
+012	10	0A	LF  \[aq]\[rs]n\[aq] (new line)	112	74	4A	J
+013	11	0B	VT  \[aq]\[rs]v\[aq] (vertical tab)	113	75	4B	K
+014	12	0C	FF  \[aq]\[rs]f\[aq] (form feed)	114	76	4C	L
+015	13	0D	CR  \[aq]\[rs]r\[aq] (carriage ret)	115	77	4D	M
 016	14	0E	SO  (shift out)	116	78	4E	N
 017	15	0F	SI  (shift in)	117	79	4F	O
 020	16	10	DLE (data link escape)	120	80	50	P
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ _
 031	25	19	EM  (end of medium)	131	89	59	Y
 032	26	1A	SUB (substitute)	132	90	5A	Z
 033	27	1B	ESC (escape)	133	91	5B	[
-034	28	1C	FS  (file separator)	134	92	5C	\e  \[aq]\e\e\[aq]
+034	28	1C	FS  (file separator)	134	92	5C	\[rs]  \[aq]\[rs]\[rs]\[aq]
 035	29	1D	GS  (group separator)	135	93	5D	]
 036	30	1E	RS  (record separator)	136	94	5E	\[ha]
 037	31	1F	US  (unit separator)	137	95	5F	\&_
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ For convenience, below are more compact tables in hex and decimal.
  -------------      ---------------------------------
 0:   0 @ P \` p     0:    (  2  <  F  P  Z  d   n   x
 1: ! 1 A Q a q     1:    )  3  =  G  Q  [  e   o   y
-2: " 2 B R b r     2:    *  4  >  H  R  \e  f   p   z
+2: " 2 B R b r     2:    *  4  >  H  R  \[rs]  f   p   z
 3: # 3 C S c s     3: !  +  5  ?  I  S  ]  g   q   {
 4: $ 4 D T d t     4: "  ,  6  @  J  T  \[ha]  h   r   |
 5: % 5 E U e u     5: #  \-  7  A  K  U  _  i   s   }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ For convenience, below are more compact tables in hex and decimal.
 9: ) 9 I Y i y     9: \[aq]  1  ;  E  O  Y  c  m   w
 A: * : J Z j z
 B: + ; K [ k {
-C: , < L \e l |
+C: , < L \[rs] l |
 D: \- = M ] m }
 E: . > N \[ha] n \[ti]
 F: / ? O _ o DEL
diff --git a/man/man7/cgroups.7 b/man/man7/cgroups.7
index 877aae03f9..cfa60e0670 100644
--- a/man/man7/cgroups.7
+++ b/man/man7/cgroups.7
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ option as follows:
 .P
 .in +4n
 .EX
-mount \-t cgroup2 \-o remount,nsdelegate \e
+mount \-t cgroup2 \-o remount,nsdelegate \[rs]
                  none /sys/fs/cgroup/unified
 .EE
 .in
diff --git a/man/man7/charsets.7 b/man/man7/charsets.7
index 8fa803b5fa..603d3ac7b0 100644
--- a/man/man7/charsets.7
+++ b/man/man7/charsets.7
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ any other byte is the head of a code.
 Note that the only way ASCII bytes occur in a UTF-8 stream,
 is as themselves.
 In particular,
-there are no embedded NULs (\[aq]\e0\[aq]) or \[aq]/\[aq]s
+there are no embedded NULs (\[aq]\[rs]0\[aq]) or \[aq]/\[aq]s
 that form part of some larger code.
 .P
 Since ASCII, and, in particular, NUL and \[aq]/\[aq], are unchanged, the
diff --git a/man/man7/complex.7 b/man/man7/complex.7
index fa8cb2631c..840e78ad3d 100644
--- a/man/man7/complex.7
+++ b/man/man7/complex.7
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ main(void)
 {
     double pi = 4 * atan(1.0);
     double complex z = cexp(I * pi);
-    printf("%f + %f * i\en", creal(z), cimag(z));
+    printf("%f + %f * i\[rs]n", creal(z), cimag(z));
 }
 .EE
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/man/man7/cpuset.7 b/man/man7/cpuset.7
index 7ae130ebb0..8437386e99 100644
--- a/man/man7/cpuset.7
+++ b/man/man7/cpuset.7
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ Unless memory pressure calculation is enabled by setting the pseudo-file
 .IR /dev/cpuset/cpuset.memory_pressure_enabled ,
 it is not computed for any cpuset, and reads from any
 .I memory_pressure
-always return zero, as represented by the ASCII string "0\en".
+always return zero, as represented by the ASCII string "0\[rs]n".
 See the \fBWARNINGS\fR section, below.
 .P
 A per-cpuset, running average is employed for the following reasons:
diff --git a/man/man7/environ.7 b/man/man7/environ.7
index f98359a3f5..6b4a8bb60f 100644
--- a/man/man7/environ.7
+++ b/man/man7/environ.7
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ have the form "\fIname\fP\fB=\fP\fIvalue\fP".
 The name is case-sensitive and may not contain
 the character "\fB=\fP".
 The value can be anything that can be represented as a string.
-The name and the value may not contain an embedded null byte (\[aq]\e0\[aq]),
+The name and the value may not contain an embedded null byte (\[aq]\[rs]0\[aq]),
 since this is assumed to terminate the string.
 .P
 Environment variables may be placed in the shell's environment by the
diff --git a/man/man7/fanotify.7 b/man/man7/fanotify.7
index 07e445546b..3733543013 100644
--- a/man/man7/fanotify.7
+++ b/man/man7/fanotify.7
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ handle_events(int fd)
 \&
             if (metadata\->vers != FANOTIFY_METADATA_VERSION) {
                 fprintf(stderr,
-                        "Mismatch of fanotify metadata version.\en");
+                        "Mismatch of fanotify metadata version.\[rs]n");
                 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
             }
 \&
@@ -1128,8 +1128,8 @@ handle_events(int fd)
                     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                 }
 \&
-                path[path_len] = \[aq]\e0\[aq];
-                printf("File %s\en", path);
+                path[path_len] = \[aq]\[rs]0\[aq];
+                printf("File %s\[rs]n", path);
 \&
                 /* Close the file descriptor of the event. */
 \&
@@ -1154,11 +1154,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     /* Check mount point is supplied. */
 \&
     if (argc != 2) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s MOUNT\en", argv[0]);
+        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s MOUNT\[rs]n", argv[0]);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 \&
-    printf("Press enter key to terminate.\en");
+    printf("Press enter key to terminate.\[rs]n");
 \&
     /* Create the file descriptor for accessing the fanotify API. */
 \&
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 \&
     /* This is the loop to wait for incoming events. */
 \&
-    printf("Listening for events.\en");
+    printf("Listening for events.\[rs]n");
 \&
     while (1) {
         poll_num = poll(fds, nfds, \-1);
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 \&
                 /* Console input is available: empty stdin and quit. */
 \&
-                while (read(STDIN_FILENO, &buf, 1) > 0 && buf != \[aq]\en\[aq])
+                while (read(STDIN_FILENO, &buf, 1) > 0 && buf != \[aq]\[rs]n\[aq])
                     continue;
                 break;
             }
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 \&
-    printf("Listening for events stopped.\en");
+    printf("Listening for events stopped.\[rs]n");
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 .EE
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     struct stat sb;
 \&
     if (argc != 2) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid number of command line arguments.\en");
+        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid number of command line arguments.\[rs]n");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 \&
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 \&
-    printf("Listening for events.\en");
+    printf("Listening for events.\[rs]n");
 \&
     /* Read events from the event queue into a buffer. */
 \&
@@ -1379,15 +1379,15 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
             file_name = file_handle\->f_handle +
                         file_handle\->handle_bytes;
         } else {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Received unexpected event info type.\en");
+            fprintf(stderr, "Received unexpected event info type.\[rs]n");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
 \&
         if (metadata\->mask == FAN_CREATE)
-            printf("FAN_CREATE (file created):\en");
+            printf("FAN_CREATE (file created):\[rs]n");
 \&
         if (metadata\->mask == (FAN_CREATE | FAN_ONDIR))
-            printf("FAN_CREATE | FAN_ONDIR (subdirectory created):\en");
+            printf("FAN_CREATE | FAN_ONDIR (subdirectory created):\[rs]n");
 \&
 	/* metadata\->fd is set to FAN_NOFD when the group identifies
 	   objects by file handles.  To obtain a file descriptor for
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         if (event_fd == \-1) {
             if (errno == ESTALE) {
                 printf("File handle is no longer valid. "
-                        "File has been deleted\en");
+                        "File has been deleted\[rs]n");
                 continue;
             } else {
                 perror("open_by_handle_at");
@@ -1421,8 +1421,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
 \&
-        path[path_len] = \[aq]\e0\[aq];
-        printf("\etDirectory \[aq]%s\[aq] has been modified.\en", path);
+        path[path_len] = \[aq]\[rs]0\[aq];
+        printf("\[rs]tDirectory \[aq]%s\[aq] has been modified.\[rs]n", path);
 \&
         if (file_name) {
             ret = fstatat(event_fd, file_name, &sb, 0);
@@ -1431,11 +1431,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                     perror("fstatat");
                     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                 }
-                printf("\etEntry \[aq]%s\[aq] does not exist.\en", file_name);
+                printf("\[rs]tEntry \[aq]%s\[aq] does not exist.\[rs]n", file_name);
             } else if ((sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
-                printf("\etEntry \[aq]%s\[aq] is a subdirectory.\en", file_name);
+                printf("\[rs]tEntry \[aq]%s\[aq] is a subdirectory.\[rs]n", file_name);
             } else {
-                printf("\etEntry \[aq]%s\[aq] is not a subdirectory.\en",
+                printf("\[rs]tEntry \[aq]%s\[aq] is not a subdirectory.\[rs]n",
                         file_name);
             }
         }
@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         close(event_fd);
     }
 \&
-    printf("All events processed successfully. Program exiting.\en");
+    printf("All events processed successfully. Program exiting.\[rs]n");
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 .EE
diff --git a/man/man7/feature_test_macros.7 b/man/man7/feature_test_macros.7
index e705445a1e..5dbc3c2fc0 100644
--- a/man/man7/feature_test_macros.7
+++ b/man/man7/feature_test_macros.7
@@ -854,72 +854,72 @@ int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 #ifdef _POSIX_SOURCE
-    printf("_POSIX_SOURCE defined\en");
+    printf("_POSIX_SOURCE defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _POSIX_C_SOURCE
-    printf("_POSIX_C_SOURCE defined: %jdL\en",
+    printf("_POSIX_C_SOURCE defined: %jdL\[rs]n",
             (intmax_t) _POSIX_C_SOURCE);
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _ISOC99_SOURCE
-    printf("_ISOC99_SOURCE defined\en");
+    printf("_ISOC99_SOURCE defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _ISOC11_SOURCE
-    printf("_ISOC11_SOURCE defined\en");
+    printf("_ISOC11_SOURCE defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _XOPEN_SOURCE
-    printf("_XOPEN_SOURCE defined: %d\en", _XOPEN_SOURCE);
+    printf("_XOPEN_SOURCE defined: %d\[rs]n", _XOPEN_SOURCE);
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
-    printf("_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED defined\en");
+    printf("_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
-    printf("_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE defined\en");
+    printf("_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
-    printf("_FILE_OFFSET_BITS defined: %d\en", _FILE_OFFSET_BITS);
+    printf("_FILE_OFFSET_BITS defined: %d\[rs]n", _FILE_OFFSET_BITS);
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _TIME_BITS
-    printf("_TIME_BITS defined: %d\en", _TIME_BITS);
+    printf("_TIME_BITS defined: %d\[rs]n", _TIME_BITS);
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _BSD_SOURCE
-    printf("_BSD_SOURCE defined\en");
+    printf("_BSD_SOURCE defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _SVID_SOURCE
-    printf("_SVID_SOURCE defined\en");
+    printf("_SVID_SOURCE defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _DEFAULT_SOURCE
-    printf("_DEFAULT_SOURCE defined\en");
+    printf("_DEFAULT_SOURCE defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _ATFILE_SOURCE
-    printf("_ATFILE_SOURCE defined\en");
+    printf("_ATFILE_SOURCE defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _GNU_SOURCE
-    printf("_GNU_SOURCE defined\en");
+    printf("_GNU_SOURCE defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _REENTRANT
-    printf("_REENTRANT defined\en");
+    printf("_REENTRANT defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _THREAD_SAFE
-    printf("_THREAD_SAFE defined\en");
+    printf("_THREAD_SAFE defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
 #ifdef _FORTIFY_SOURCE
-    printf("_FORTIFY_SOURCE defined\en");
+    printf("_FORTIFY_SOURCE defined\[rs]n");
 #endif
 \&
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
diff --git a/man/man7/glob.7 b/man/man7/glob.7
index 6217b2c3e0..82766f69d1 100644
--- a/man/man7/glob.7
+++ b/man/man7/glob.7
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ or,
 in case this is part of a shell command line,
 enclosing them in quotes.
 Between brackets these characters stand for themselves.
-Thus, "\fI[[?*\e]\fP" matches the
-four characters \[aq][\[aq], \[aq]?\[aq], \[aq]*\[aq], and \[aq]\e\[aq].
+Thus, "\fI[[?*\[rs]]\fP" matches the
+four characters \[aq][\[aq], \[aq]?\[aq], \[aq]*\[aq], and \[aq]\[rs]\[aq].
 .SS Pathnames
 Globbing is applied on each of the components of a pathname
 separately.
diff --git a/man/man7/inode.7 b/man/man7/inode.7
index 45bf714671..497e30e8a8 100644
--- a/man/man7/inode.7
+++ b/man/man7/inode.7
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ while various files under
 .I /sys
 report a size of 4096 bytes, even though the file content is smaller.
 For such files, one should simply try to read as many bytes as possible
-(and append \[aq]\e0\[aq] to the returned buffer
+(and append \[aq]\[rs]0\[aq] to the returned buffer
 if it is to be interpreted as a string).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR stat (1),
diff --git a/man/man7/inotify.7 b/man/man7/inotify.7
index bd3972f806..8ce99a6d18 100644
--- a/man/man7/inotify.7
+++ b/man/man7/inotify.7
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ field is present only when an event is returned
 for a file inside a watched directory;
 it identifies the filename within the watched directory.
 This filename is null-terminated,
-and may include further null bytes (\[aq]\e0\[aq])
+and may include further null bytes (\[aq]\[rs]0\[aq])
 to align subsequent reads to a suitable address boundary.
 .P
 The
@@ -980,9 +980,9 @@ handle_events(int fd, int *wd, int argc, char* argv[])
             /* Print type of filesystem object. */
 \&
             if (event\->mask & IN_ISDIR)
-                printf(" [directory]\en");
+                printf(" [directory]\[rs]n");
             else
-                printf(" [file]\en");
+                printf(" [file]\[rs]n");
         }
     }
 }
@@ -997,11 +997,11 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
     struct pollfd fds[2];
 \&
     if (argc < 2) {
-        printf("Usage: %s PATH [PATH ...]\en", argv[0]);
+        printf("Usage: %s PATH [PATH ...]\[rs]n", argv[0]);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 \&
-    printf("Press ENTER key to terminate.\en");
+    printf("Press ENTER key to terminate.\[rs]n");
 \&
     /* Create the file descriptor for accessing the inotify API. */
 \&
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
         wd[i] = inotify_add_watch(fd, argv[i],
                                   IN_OPEN | IN_CLOSE);
         if (wd[i] == \-1) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Cannot watch \[aq]%s\[aq]: %s\en",
+            fprintf(stderr, "Cannot watch \[aq]%s\[aq]: %s\[rs]n",
                     argv[i], strerror(errno));
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
 \&
     /* Wait for events and/or terminal input. */
 \&
-    printf("Listening for events.\en");
+    printf("Listening for events.\[rs]n");
     while (1) {
         poll_num = poll(fds, nfds, \-1);
         if (poll_num == \-1) {
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
 \&
                 /* Console input is available. Empty stdin and quit. */
 \&
-                while (read(STDIN_FILENO, &buf, 1) > 0 && buf != \[aq]\en\[aq])
+                while (read(STDIN_FILENO, &buf, 1) > 0 && buf != \[aq]\[rs]n\[aq])
                     continue;
                 break;
             }
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
         }
     }
 \&
-    printf("Listening for events stopped.\en");
+    printf("Listening for events stopped.\[rs]n");
 \&
     /* Close inotify file descriptor. */
 \&
diff --git a/man/man7/locale.7 b/man/man7/locale.7
index 5a418ae13a..8bee8ca3c1 100644
--- a/man/man7/locale.7
+++ b/man/man7/locale.7
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ struct lconv {
     char *int_curr_symbol;   /* First three chars are a currency
                                 symbol from ISO 4217.  Fourth char
                                 is the separator.  Fifth char
-                                is \[aq]\e0\[aq]. */
+                                is \[aq]\[rs]0\[aq]. */
     char *currency_symbol;   /* Local currency symbol */
     char *mon_decimal_point; /* Radix character */
     char *mon_thousands_sep; /* Like \fIthousands_sep\fP above */
diff --git a/man/man7/man-pages.7 b/man/man7/man-pages.7
index 007b9e7a2f..dc117662f3 100644
--- a/man/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ See
 for important details of the line(s) that should follow the
 \fB.SH NAME\fP command.
 All words in this line (including the word immediately
-following the "\e\-") should be in lowercase,
+following the "\[rs]\-") should be in lowercase,
 except where English or technical terminological convention
 dictates otherwise.
 .TP
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ and
 (don't hyphenate)
 directives.
 Hyphenation of individual page names can be prevented
-by preceding words with the string "\e%".
+by preceding words with the string "\[rs]%".
 .IP
 Given the distributed, autonomous nature of FOSS projects
 and their documentation, it is sometimes necessary\[em]and in many cases
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ The preferred way to write this in the source file is:
     .BR fcntl ()
 .EE
 .P
-(Using this format, rather than the use of "\efB...\efP()"
+(Using this format, rather than the use of "\[rs]fB...\[rs]fP()"
 makes it easier to write tools that parse man page source files.)
 .\"
 .SS Use semantic newlines
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ These represent a set of (normally) exclusive alternatives.
 .TP
 Bullet lists
 Elements are preceded by bullet symbols
-.RB ( \e[bu] ).
+.RB ( \[rs][bu] ).
 Anything that doesn't fit elsewhere is
 usually covered by this type of list.
 .TP
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ On the other hand,
 is the
 .IR "null byte" ,
 a byte with the value 0, represented in C via the character constant
-.IR \[aq]\e0\[aq] .
+.IR \[aq]\[rs]0\[aq] .
 .P
 The preferred term for the pointer is "null pointer" or simply "NULL";
 avoid writing "NULL pointer".
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ Always include periods in such abbreviations, as shown here.
 In addition, "e.g." and "i.e." should always be followed by a comma.
 .SS Em-dashes
 The way to write an em-dash\[em]the glyph that appears
-at either end of this subphrase\[em]in *roff is with the macro "\e[em]".
+at either end of this subphrase\[em]in *roff is with the macro "\[rs][em]".
 (On an ASCII terminal, an em-dash typically renders as two hyphens,
 but in other typographical contexts it renders as a long dash.)
 Em-dashes should be written
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ use the following form in the man page source:
 .P
 .in +4n
 .EX
-\e\-
+\[rs]\-
 .EE
 .in
 .P
@@ -1090,11 +1090,11 @@ To generate glyphs that when copied from rendered pages will
 produce real minus signs when pasted into a terminal.
 .P
 To produce unslanted single quotes that render well in ASCII, UTF-8, and PDF,
-use "\e[aq]" ("apostrophe quote"); for example
+use "\[rs][aq]" ("apostrophe quote"); for example
 .P
 .in +4n
 .EX
-\e[aq]C\e[aq]
+\[rs][aq]C\[rs][aq]
 .EE
 .in
 .P
diff --git a/man/man7/mount_namespaces.7 b/man/man7/mount_namespaces.7
index 1f0a1b41f3..75ccfc80d0 100644
--- a/man/man7/mount_namespaces.7
+++ b/man/man7/mount_namespaces.7
@@ -1125,8 +1125,8 @@ in the following step:
 .IP
 .in +4n
 .EX
-# \fBunshare \-\-user \-\-map\-root\-user \-\-mount \e\fP
-               \fBstrace \-o /tmp/log \e\fP
+# \fBunshare \-\-user \-\-map\-root\-user \-\-mount \[rs]\fP
+               \fBstrace \-o /tmp/log \[rs]\fP
                \fBumount /mnt/dir\fP
 umount: /etc/shadow: not mounted.
 # \fBgrep \[aq]\[ha]umount\[aq] /tmp/log\fP
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ less privileged mount namespace:
 .in +4n
 .EX
 # \fBecho \[aq]aaaaa\[aq] > /tmp/a\fP    # File to mount onto /etc/shadow
-# \fBunshare \-\-user \-\-map\-root\-user \-\-mount \e\fP
+# \fBunshare \-\-user \-\-map\-root\-user \-\-mount \[rs]\fP
     \fBsh \-c \[aq]mount \-\-bind /tmp/a /etc/shadow; cat /etc/shadow\[aq]\fP
 aaaaa
 # \fBumount /etc/shadow\fP
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ and a small hierarchy of mounts underneath that mount.
 .IP
 .in +4n
 .EX
-$ \fBPS1=\[aq]ns1# \[aq] sudo unshare \-\-user \-\-map\-root\-user \e\fP
+$ \fBPS1=\[aq]ns1# \[aq] sudo unshare \-\-user \-\-map\-root\-user \[rs]\fP
                        \fB\-\-mount \-\-propagation private bash\fP
 ns1# \fBecho $$\fP        # We need the PID of this shell later
 778501
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ check the state of the propagated mounts rooted at
 .IP
 .in +4n
 .EX
-ns1# \fBPS1=\[aq]ns2# \[aq] unshare \-\-user \-\-map\-root\-user \e\fP
+ns1# \fBPS1=\[aq]ns2# \[aq] unshare \-\-user \-\-map\-root\-user \[rs]\fP
                        \fB\-\-mount \-\-propagation unchanged bash\fP
 ns2# \fBgrep /mnt /proc/self/mountinfo | sed \[aq]s/ \- .*//\[aq]\fP
 1239 1204 8:5 /mnt /mnt rw,relatime master:344
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ a less privileged mount namespace, and indeed the kernel prevents this:
 .EX
 $ \fBsudo mkdir /mnt/dir\fP
 $ \fBsudo mount \-\-bind \-o ro /some/path /mnt/dir\fP
-$ \fBsudo unshare \-\-user \-\-map\-root\-user \-\-mount \e\fP
+$ \fBsudo unshare \-\-user \-\-map\-root\-user \-\-mount \[rs]\fP
                \fBmount \-o remount,rw /mnt/dir\fP
 mount: /mnt/dir: permission denied.
 .EE
diff --git a/man/man7/packet.7 b/man/man7/packet.7
index 513945eff5..2763275f7c 100644
--- a/man/man7/packet.7
+++ b/man/man7/packet.7
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ which is 16 bytes and describes the system limit for a network interface name.
 This means the names of network devices longer than 14 bytes
 will be truncated to fit into
 .IR spkt_device .
-All these lengths include the terminating null byte (\[aq]\e0\[aq])).
+All these lengths include the terminating null byte (\[aq]\[rs]0\[aq])).
 .P
 Issues from this with old code typically show up with
 very long interface names used by the
diff --git a/man/man7/pkeys.7 b/man/man7/pkeys.7
index 4fb814c991..843c139aa6 100644
--- a/man/man7/pkeys.7
+++ b/man/man7/pkeys.7
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ main(void)
      * Put some random data into the page (still OK to touch).
      */
     *buffer = __LINE__;
-    printf("buffer contains: %d\en", *buffer);
+    printf("buffer contains: %d\[rs]n", *buffer);
 \&
     /*
      * Allocate a protection key:
@@ -216,12 +216,12 @@ main(void)
     if (status == \-1)
         err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pkey_mprotect");
 \&
-    printf("about to read buffer again...\en");
+    printf("about to read buffer again...\[rs]n");
 \&
     /*
      * This will crash, because we have disallowed access.
      */
-    printf("buffer contains: %d\en", *buffer);
+    printf("buffer contains: %d\[rs]n", *buffer);
 \&
     status = pkey_free(pkey);
     if (status == \-1)
diff --git a/man/man7/pthreads.7 b/man/man7/pthreads.7
index 81d0db0e10..bd4ea1c39e 100644
--- a/man/man7/pthreads.7
+++ b/man/man7/pthreads.7
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ be sufficient to determine the default threading implementation:
 .P
 .in +4n
 .EX
-bash$ $( ldd /bin/ls | grep libc.so | awk \[aq]{print $3}\[aq] ) | \e
+bash$ $( ldd /bin/ls | grep libc.so | awk \[aq]{print $3}\[aq] ) | \[rs]
                 egrep \-i \[aq]threads|nptl\[aq]
         Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al
 .EE
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ For example:
 .P
 .in +4n
 .EX
-bash$ $( LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 ldd /bin/ls | grep libc.so | \e
+bash$ $( LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 ldd /bin/ls | grep libc.so | \[rs]
                 awk \[aq]{print $3}\[aq] ) | egrep \-i \[aq]threads|nptl\[aq]
         linuxthreads\-0.10 by Xavier Leroy
 .EE
diff --git a/man/man7/regex.7 b/man/man7/regex.7
index a579dbe62d..c1e1966886 100644
--- a/man/man7/regex.7
+++ b/man/man7/regex.7
@@ -95,16 +95,16 @@ a \fIbracket expression\fR (see below),
 \[aq].\[aq] (matching any single character),
 \[aq]\[ha]\[aq] (matching the null string at the beginning of a line),
 \[aq]$\[aq] (matching the null string at the end of a line),
-a \[aq]\e\[aq] followed by one of the characters "\fI\[ha].[$()|*+?{\e\fP"
+a \[aq]\[rs]\[aq] followed by one of the characters "\fI\[ha].[$()|*+?{\[rs]\fP"
 (matching that character taken as an ordinary character),
-a \[aq]\e\[aq] followed by any other character\*(dg
+a \[aq]\[rs]\[aq] followed by any other character\*(dg
 (matching that character taken as an ordinary character,
-as if the \[aq]\e\[aq] had not been present\*(dg),
+as if the \[aq]\[rs]\[aq] had not been present\*(dg),
 or a single character with no other significance (matching that character).
 A \[aq]{\[aq] followed by a character other than a digit
 is an ordinary character,
 not the beginning of a bound\*(dg.
-It is illegal to end an RE with \[aq]\e\[aq].
+It is illegal to end an RE with \[aq]\[rs]\[aq].
 .P
 A \fIbracket expression\fR is a list of characters enclosed in "\fI[]\fP".
 It normally matches any single character from the list (but see below).
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ To use a literal \[aq]\-\[aq] as the first endpoint of a range,
 enclose it in "\fI[.\fP" and "\fI.]\fP"
 to make it a collating element (see below).
 With the exception of these and some combinations using \[aq][\[aq] (see next
-paragraphs), all other special characters, including \[aq]\e\[aq], lose their
+paragraphs), all other special characters, including \[aq]\[rs]\[aq], lose their
 special significance within a bracket expression.
 .P
 Within a bracket expression, a collating element (a character,
@@ -240,9 +240,9 @@ Obsolete ("basic") regular expressions differ in several respects.
 \[aq]|\[aq], \[aq]+\[aq], and \[aq]?\[aq] are
 ordinary characters and there is no equivalent
 for their functionality.
-The delimiters for bounds are "\fI\e{\fP" and "\fI\e}\fP",
+The delimiters for bounds are "\fI\[rs]{\fP" and "\fI\[rs]}\fP",
 with \[aq]{\[aq] and \[aq]}\[aq] by themselves ordinary characters.
-The parentheses for nested subexpressions are "\fI\e(\fP" and "\fI\e)\fP",
+The parentheses for nested subexpressions are "\fI\[rs](\fP" and "\fI\[rs])\fP",
 with \[aq](\[aq] and \[aq])\[aq] by themselves ordinary characters.
 \[aq]\[ha]\[aq] is an ordinary character except at the beginning of the
 RE or\*(dg the beginning of a parenthesized subexpression,
@@ -253,12 +253,12 @@ RE or the beginning of a parenthesized subexpression
 (after a possible leading \[aq]\[ha]\[aq]).
 .P
 Finally, there is one new type of atom, a \fIback reference\fR:
-\[aq]\e\[aq] followed by a nonzero decimal digit \fId\fR
+\[aq]\[rs]\[aq] followed by a nonzero decimal digit \fId\fR
 matches the same sequence of characters
 matched by the \fId\fRth parenthesized subexpression
 (numbering subexpressions by the positions of their opening parentheses,
 left to right),
-so that, for example, "\fI\e([bc]\e)\e1\fP" matches "bb" or "cc" but not "bc".
+so that, for example, "\fI\[rs]([bc]\[rs])\[rs]1\fP" matches "bb" or "cc" but not "bc".
 .SH BUGS
 Having two kinds of REs is a botch.
 .P
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Back references are a dreadful botch,
 posing major problems for efficient implementations.
 They are also somewhat vaguely defined
 (does
-"\fIa\e(\e(b\e)*\e2\e)*d\fP" match "abbbd"?).
+"\fIa\[rs](\[rs](b\[rs])*\[rs]2\[rs])*d\fP" match "abbbd"?).
 Avoid using them.
 .P
 POSIX.2's specification of case-independent matching is vague.
diff --git a/man/man7/rtld-audit.7 b/man/man7/rtld-audit.7
index 0aab7ca186..db3084128f 100644
--- a/man/man7/rtld-audit.7
+++ b/man/man7/rtld-audit.7
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ This is reportedly fixed in glibc 2.10.
 unsigned int
 la_version(unsigned int version)
 {
-    printf("la_version(): version = %u; LAV_CURRENT = %u\en",
+    printf("la_version(): version = %u; LAV_CURRENT = %u\[rs]n",
             version, LAV_CURRENT);
 \&
     return LAV_CURRENT;
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ char *
 la_objsearch(const char *name, uintptr_t *cookie, unsigned int flag)
 {
     printf("la_objsearch(): name = %s; cookie = %p", name, cookie);
-    printf("; flag = %s\en",
+    printf("; flag = %s\[rs]n",
             (flag == LA_SER_ORIG) ?    "LA_SER_ORIG" :
             (flag == LA_SER_LIBPATH) ? "LA_SER_LIBPATH" :
             (flag == LA_SER_RUNPATH) ? "LA_SER_RUNPATH" :
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ la_objsearch(const char *name, uintptr_t *cookie, unsigned int flag)
 void
 la_activity (uintptr_t *cookie, unsigned int flag)
 {
-    printf("la_activity(): cookie = %p; flag = %s\en", cookie,
+    printf("la_activity(): cookie = %p; flag = %s\[rs]n", cookie,
             (flag == LA_ACT_CONSISTENT) ? "LA_ACT_CONSISTENT" :
             (flag == LA_ACT_ADD) ?        "LA_ACT_ADD" :
             (flag == LA_ACT_DELETE) ?     "LA_ACT_DELETE" :
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ la_activity (uintptr_t *cookie, unsigned int flag)
 unsigned int
 la_objopen(struct link_map *map, Lmid_t lmid, uintptr_t *cookie)
 {
-    printf("la_objopen(): loading \e"%s\e"; lmid = %s; cookie=%p\en",
+    printf("la_objopen(): loading \[rs]"%s\[rs]"; lmid = %s; cookie=%p\[rs]n",
             map\->l_name,
             (lmid == LM_ID_BASE) ?  "LM_ID_BASE" :
             (lmid == LM_ID_NEWLM) ? "LM_ID_NEWLM" :
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ la_objopen(struct link_map *map, Lmid_t lmid, uintptr_t *cookie)
 unsigned int
 la_objclose (uintptr_t *cookie)
 {
-    printf("la_objclose(): %p\en", cookie);
+    printf("la_objclose(): %p\[rs]n", cookie);
 \&
     return 0;
 }
@@ -562,17 +562,17 @@ la_objclose (uintptr_t *cookie)
 void
 la_preinit(uintptr_t *cookie)
 {
-    printf("la_preinit(): %p\en", cookie);
+    printf("la_preinit(): %p\[rs]n", cookie);
 }
 \&
 uintptr_t
 la_symbind32(Elf32_Sym *sym, unsigned int ndx, uintptr_t *refcook,
         uintptr_t *defcook, unsigned int *flags, const char *symname)
 {
-    printf("la_symbind32(): symname = %s; sym\->st_value = %p\en",
+    printf("la_symbind32(): symname = %s; sym\->st_value = %p\[rs]n",
             symname, sym\->st_value);
     printf("        ndx = %u; flags = %#x", ndx, *flags);
-    printf("; refcook = %p; defcook = %p\en", refcook, defcook);
+    printf("; refcook = %p; defcook = %p\[rs]n", refcook, defcook);
 \&
     return sym\->st_value;
 }
@@ -581,10 +581,10 @@ uintptr_t
 la_symbind64(Elf64_Sym *sym, unsigned int ndx, uintptr_t *refcook,
         uintptr_t *defcook, unsigned int *flags, const char *symname)
 {
-    printf("la_symbind64(): symname = %s; sym\->st_value = %p\en",
+    printf("la_symbind64(): symname = %s; sym\->st_value = %p\[rs]n",
             symname, sym\->st_value);
     printf("        ndx = %u; flags = %#x", ndx, *flags);
-    printf("; refcook = %p; defcook = %p\en", refcook, defcook);
+    printf("; refcook = %p; defcook = %p\[rs]n", refcook, defcook);
 \&
     return sym\->st_value;
 }
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ la_i86_gnu_pltenter(Elf32_Sym *sym, unsigned int ndx,
         uintptr_t *refcook, uintptr_t *defcook, La_i86_regs *regs,
         unsigned int *flags, const char *symname, long *framesizep)
 {
-    printf("la_i86_gnu_pltenter(): %s (%p)\en", symname, sym\->st_value);
+    printf("la_i86_gnu_pltenter(): %s (%p)\[rs]n", symname, sym\->st_value);
 \&
     return sym\->st_value;
 }
diff --git a/man/man7/sock_diag.7 b/man/man7/sock_diag.7
index 962c3edf36..33fb2702f0 100644
--- a/man/man7/sock_diag.7
+++ b/man/man7/sock_diag.7
@@ -684,11 +684,11 @@ static int
 print_diag(const struct unix_diag_msg *diag, unsigned int len)
 {
     if (len < NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(*diag))) {
-        fputs("short response\en", stderr);
+        fputs("short response\[rs]n", stderr);
         return \-1;
     }
     if (diag\->udiag_family != AF_UNIX) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "unexpected family %u\en", diag\->udiag_family);
+        fprintf(stderr, "unexpected family %u\[rs]n", diag\->udiag_family);
         return \-1;
     }
 \&
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ print_diag(const struct unix_diag_msg *diag, unsigned int len)
                 if (path_len > sizeof(path) \- 1)
                     path_len = sizeof(path) \- 1;
                 memcpy(path, RTA_DATA(attr), path_len);
-                path[path_len] = \[aq]\e0\[aq];
+                path[path_len] = \[aq]\[rs]0\[aq];
             }
             break;
 \&
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ print_diag(const struct unix_diag_msg *diag, unsigned int len)
         printf(", name=%s%s", *path ? "" : "@",
                 *path ? path : path + 1);
 \&
-    putchar(\[aq]\en\[aq]);
+    putchar(\[aq]\[rs]n\[aq]);
     return 0;
 }
 \&
@@ -762,14 +762,14 @@ receive_responses(int fd)
             return 0;
 \&
         if (nladdr.nl_family != AF_NETLINK) {
-            fputs("!AF_NETLINK\en", stderr);
+            fputs("!AF_NETLINK\[rs]n", stderr);
             return \-1;
         }
 \&
         const struct nlmsghdr *h = (struct nlmsghdr *) buf;
 \&
         if (!NLMSG_OK(h, ret)) {
-            fputs("!NLMSG_OK\en", stderr);
+            fputs("!NLMSG_OK\[rs]n", stderr);
             return \-1;
         }
 \&
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ receive_responses(int fd)
                 const struct nlmsgerr *err = NLMSG_DATA(h);
 \&
                 if (h\->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(*err))) {
-                    fputs("NLMSG_ERROR\en", stderr);
+                    fputs("NLMSG_ERROR\[rs]n", stderr);
                 } else {
                     errno = \-err\->error;
                     perror("NLMSG_ERROR");
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ receive_responses(int fd)
             }
 \&
             if (h\->nlmsg_type != SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "unexpected nlmsg_type %u\en",
+                fprintf(stderr, "unexpected nlmsg_type %u\[rs]n",
                         (unsigned) h\->nlmsg_type);
                 return \-1;
             }
diff --git a/man/man7/system_data_types.7 b/man/man7/system_data_types.7
index 59180cff28..bf243da8f1 100644
--- a/man/man7/system_data_types.7
+++ b/man/man7/system_data_types.7
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ main (void)
     /* Check that the value is within the valid range of suseconds_t. */
 \&
     if (tmp < \-1 || tmp > 1000000) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Scanned value outside valid range!\en");
+        fprintf(stderr, "Scanned value outside valid range!\[rs]n");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 \&
@@ -225,13 +225,13 @@ main (void)
        a sensible number of microseconds. */
 \&
     if (us < 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Scanned value shouldn\[aq]t be negative!\en");
+        fprintf(stderr, "Scanned value shouldn\[aq]t be negative!\[rs]n");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 \&
     /* Print the value. */
 \&
-    printf("There are %jd microseconds in half a second.\en",
+    printf("There are %jd microseconds in half a second.\[rs]n",
             (intmax_t) us);
 \&
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
diff --git a/man/man7/unix.7 b/man/man7/unix.7
index 433ac02f40..f291508bfb 100644
--- a/man/man7/unix.7
+++ b/man/man7/unix.7
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ abstract
 an abstract socket address is distinguished (from a pathname socket)
 by the fact that
 .I sun_path[0]
-is a null byte (\[aq]\e0\[aq]).
+is a null byte (\[aq]\[rs]0\[aq]).
 The socket's address in this namespace is given by the additional
 bytes in
 .I sun_path
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ memset(addrp, 0, addrlen + 1);
 if (getsockname(sfd, (struct sockaddr *) addrp, &addrlen)) == \-1)
     /* handle error */ ;
 \&
-printf("sun_path = %s\en", ((struct sockaddr_un *) addrp)\->sun_path);
+printf("sun_path = %s\[rs]n", ((struct sockaddr_un *) addrp)\->sun_path);
 .EE
 .in
 .P
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     ret = connect(data_socket, (const struct sockaddr *) &addr,
                    sizeof(addr));
     if (ret == \-1) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "The server is down.\en");
+        fprintf(stderr, "The server is down.\[rs]n");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 \&
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 \&
     buffer[sizeof(buffer) \- 1] = 0;
 \&
-    printf("Result = %s\en", buffer);
+    printf("Result = %s\[rs]n", buffer);
 \&
     /* Close socket. */
 \&
diff --git a/man/man7/user_namespaces.7 b/man/man7/user_namespaces.7
index bd6720b0bb..4131d49270 100644
--- a/man/man7/user_namespaces.7
+++ b/man/man7/user_namespaces.7
@@ -1184,35 +1184,35 @@ static int verbose;
 static void
 usage(char *pname)
 {
-    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [options] cmd [arg...]\en\en", pname);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [options] cmd [arg...]\[rs]n\[rs]n", pname);
     fprintf(stderr, "Create a child process that executes a shell "
-            "command in a new user namespace,\en"
-            "and possibly also other new namespace(s).\en\en");
-    fprintf(stderr, "Options can be:\en\en");
+            "command in a new user namespace,\[rs]n"
+            "and possibly also other new namespace(s).\[rs]n\[rs]n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "Options can be:\[rs]n\[rs]n");
 #define fpe(str) fprintf(stderr, "    %s", str);
-    fpe("\-i          New IPC namespace\en");
-    fpe("\-m          New mount namespace\en");
-    fpe("\-n          New network namespace\en");
-    fpe("\-p          New PID namespace\en");
-    fpe("\-u          New UTS namespace\en");
-    fpe("\-U          New user namespace\en");
-    fpe("\-M uid_map  Specify UID map for user namespace\en");
-    fpe("\-G gid_map  Specify GID map for user namespace\en");
-    fpe("\-z          Map user\[aq]s UID and GID to 0 in user namespace\en");
-    fpe("            (equivalent to: \-M \[aq]0 <uid> 1\[aq] \-G \[aq]0 <gid> 1\[aq])\en");
-    fpe("\-v          Display verbose messages\en");
-    fpe("\en");
-    fpe("If \-z, \-M, or \-G is specified, \-U is required.\en");
-    fpe("It is not permitted to specify both \-z and either \-M or \-G.\en");
-    fpe("\en");
-    fpe("Map strings for \-M and \-G consist of records of the form:\en");
-    fpe("\en");
-    fpe("    ID\-inside\-ns   ID\-outside\-ns   len\en");
-    fpe("\en");
+    fpe("\-i          New IPC namespace\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\-m          New mount namespace\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\-n          New network namespace\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\-p          New PID namespace\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\-u          New UTS namespace\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\-U          New user namespace\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\-M uid_map  Specify UID map for user namespace\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\-G gid_map  Specify GID map for user namespace\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\-z          Map user\[aq]s UID and GID to 0 in user namespace\[rs]n");
+    fpe("            (equivalent to: \-M \[aq]0 <uid> 1\[aq] \-G \[aq]0 <gid> 1\[aq])\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\-v          Display verbose messages\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\[rs]n");
+    fpe("If \-z, \-M, or \-G is specified, \-U is required.\[rs]n");
+    fpe("It is not permitted to specify both \-z and either \-M or \-G.\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\[rs]n");
+    fpe("Map strings for \-M and \-G consist of records of the form:\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\[rs]n");
+    fpe("    ID\-inside\-ns   ID\-outside\-ns   len\[rs]n");
+    fpe("\[rs]n");
     fpe("A map string can contain multiple records, separated"
-        " by commas;\en");
+        " by commas;\[rs]n");
     fpe("the commas are replaced by newlines before writing"
-        " to map files.\en");
+        " to map files.\[rs]n");
 \&
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
@@ -1240,17 +1240,17 @@ update_map(char *mapping, char *map_file)
     map_len = strlen(mapping);
     for (size_t j = 0; j < map_len; j++)
         if (mapping[j] == \[aq],\[aq])
-            mapping[j] = \[aq]\en\[aq];
+            mapping[j] = \[aq]\[rs]n\[aq];
 \&
     fd = open(map_file, O_RDWR);
     if (fd == \-1) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: open %s: %s\en", map_file,
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: open %s: %s\[rs]n", map_file,
                 strerror(errno));
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 \&
     if (write(fd, mapping, map_len) != map_len) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: write %s: %s\en", map_file,
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: write %s: %s\[rs]n", map_file,
                 strerror(errno));
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
@@ -1290,13 +1290,13 @@ proc_setgroups_write(pid_t child_pid, char *str)
            user know. */
 \&
         if (errno != ENOENT)
-            fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: open %s: %s\en", setgroups_path,
+            fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: open %s: %s\[rs]n", setgroups_path,
                 strerror(errno));
         return;
     }
 \&
     if (write(fd, str, strlen(str)) == \-1)
-        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: write %s: %s\en", setgroups_path,
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: write %s: %s\[rs]n", setgroups_path,
             strerror(errno));
 \&
     close(fd);
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ childFunc(void *arg)
                                    when parent closes its descriptor. */
     if (read(args\->pipe_fd[0], &ch, 1) != 0) {
         fprintf(stderr,
-                "Failure in child: read from pipe returned != 0\en");
+                "Failure in child: read from pipe returned != 0\[rs]n");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 \&
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ childFunc(void *arg)
 \&
     /* Execute a shell command. */
 \&
-    printf("About to exec %s\en", args\->argv[0]);
+    printf("About to exec %s\[rs]n", args\->argv[0]);
     execvp(args\->argv[0], args\->argv);
     err(EXIT_FAILURE, "execvp");
 }
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     /* Parent falls through to here. */
 \&
     if (verbose)
-        printf("%s: PID of child created by clone() is %jd\en",
+        printf("%s: PID of child created by clone() is %jd\[rs]n",
                 argv[0], (intmax_t) child_pid);
 \&
     /* Update the UID and GID maps in the child. */
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         err(EXIT_FAILURE, "waitpid");
 \&
     if (verbose)
-        printf("%s: terminating\en", argv[0]);
+        printf("%s: terminating\[rs]n", argv[0]);
 \&
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
diff --git a/man/man7/utf-8.7 b/man/man7/utf-8.7
index d6f539ab22..ff44d7704d 100644
--- a/man/man7/utf-8.7
+++ b/man/man7/utf-8.7
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The most obvious
 Unicode encoding (known as UCS-2)
 consists of a sequence of 16-bit words.
 Such strings can contain\[em]as part of many 16-bit characters\[em]bytes
-such as \[aq]\e0\[aq] or \[aq]/\[aq], which have a
+such as \[aq]\[rs]0\[aq] or \[aq]/\[aq], which have a
 special meaning in filenames and other C library function arguments.
 In addition, the majority of UNIX tools expect ASCII files and can't
 read 16-bit words as characters without major modifications.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ UTF-8.
 All UCS characters greater than 0x7f are encoded as a multibyte sequence
 consisting only of bytes in the range 0x80 to 0xfd, so no ASCII
 byte can appear as part of another character and there are no
-problems with, for example,  \[aq]\e0\[aq] or \[aq]/\[aq].
+problems with, for example,  \[aq]\[rs]0\[aq] or \[aq]/\[aq].
 .IP \[bu]
 The lexicographic sorting order of UCS-4 strings is preserved.
 .IP \[bu]
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ should be used today to count characters and cursor positions.
 The official ESC sequence to switch from an ISO/IEC\~2022
 encoding scheme (as used for instance by VT100 terminals) to
 UTF-8 is ESC % G
-("\ex1b%G").
+("\[rs]x1b%G").
 The corresponding return sequence from
-UTF-8 to ISO/IEC\~2022 is ESC % @ ("\ex1b%@").
+UTF-8 to ISO/IEC\~2022 is ESC % @ ("\[rs]x1b%@").
 Other ISO/IEC\~2022 sequences (such as
 for switching the G0 and G1 sets) are not applicable in UTF-8 mode.
 .SS Security