6 files changed, 30 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/man5/core.5 b/man5/core.5
index 853b9b804f..7beea7b268 100644
--- a/man5/core.5
+++ b/man5/core.5
@@ -319,11 +319,11 @@ The following shell session demonstrates the use of this program
 .RB "$" " su"
 Password:
 .RB "#" " echo \(dq|$PWD/core_pattern_pipe_test %p \
-UID=%u GID=%g sig=%s\(dq > \\"
+UID=%u GID=%g sig=%s\(dq > \e"
 .B "    /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern"
 .RB "#" " exit"
 .RB "$" " sleep 100"
-.BR "^\\" "                     # type control-backslash"
+.BR "^\e" "                     # type control-backslash"
 Quit (core dumped)
 .RB "$" " cat core.info"
 argc=5
diff --git a/man5/dir_colors.5 b/man5/dir_colors.5
index 5e73bffca1..93e9b935b6 100644
--- a/man5/dir_colors.5
+++ b/man5/dir_colors.5
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ A different
 can, however, be specified, which would have the same effect.
 .SS "Escape Sequences"
 To specify control- or blank characters in the color sequences or
-filename extensions, either C-style \\-escaped notation or
+filename extensions, either C-style \e-escaped notation or
 .BR stty \-style
 ^-notation can be used.
 The C-style notation
@@ -305,21 +305,21 @@ includes the following characters:
 .RS +.2i
 .ta 1.0i
 .nf
-\fB\\a\fR      Bell (ASCII 7)
-\fB\\b\fR      Backspace (ASCII 8)
-\fB\\e\fR      Escape (ASCII 27)
-\fB\\f\fR      Form feed (ASCII 12)
-\fB\\n\fR      Newline (ASCII 10)
-\fB\\r\fR      Carriage Return (ASCII 13)
-\fB\\t\fR      Tab (ASCII 9)
-\fB\\v\fR      Vertical Tab (ASCII 11)
-\fB\\?\fR      Delete (ASCII 127)
-\fB\\\fInnn\fR Any character (octal notation)
-\fB\\x\fInnn\fR        Any character (hexadecimal notation)
-\fB\\_\fR      Space
-\fB\\\\\fR     Backslash (\\)
-\fB\\^\fR      Caret (^)
-\fB\\#\fR      Hash mark (#)
+\fB\ea\fR      Bell (ASCII 7)
+\fB\eb\fR      Backspace (ASCII 8)
+\fB\ee\fR      Escape (ASCII 27)
+\fB\ef\fR      Form feed (ASCII 12)
+\fB\en\fR      Newline (ASCII 10)
+\fB\er\fR      Carriage Return (ASCII 13)
+\fB\et\fR      Tab (ASCII 9)
+\fB\ev\fR      Vertical Tab (ASCII 11)
+\fB\e?\fR      Delete (ASCII 127)
+\fB\e\fInnn\fR Any character (octal notation)
+\fB\ex\fInnn\fR        Any character (hexadecimal notation)
+\fB\e_\fR      Space
+\fB\e\e\fR     Backslash (\e)
+\fB\e^\fR      Caret (^)
+\fB\e#\fR      Hash mark (#)
 .fi
 .RE
 .sp
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ definitions, which are used by ISO 6429 terminals are:
 .RS +.2i
 .ta 1.0i
 .nf
-\fBLEFTCODE\fR  \\e[
+\fBLEFTCODE\fR  \ee[
 \fBRIGHTCODE\fR m
 .fi
 .RE
diff --git a/man5/issue.5 b/man5/issue.5
index d9e39ecc0a..d890a70fee 100644
--- a/man5/issue.5
+++ b/man5/issue.5
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ issue \- prelogin message and identification file
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The file \fI/etc/issue\fP is a text file which contains a message or
 system identification to be printed before the login prompt.
-It may contain various \fB@\fP\fIchar\fP and \fB\\\fP\fIchar\fP
+It may contain various \fB@\fP\fIchar\fP and \fB\e\fP\fIchar\fP
 sequences, if supported by the
 .BR getty -type
 program employed on the system.
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index d414075878..aa73f5320b 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Thus, to print out the environment of process 1, you would do:
 .nf
 
 .ft CW
-.RB "$" " (cat /proc/1/environ; echo) | tr \(aq\\000\(aq \(aq\\n\(aq"
+.RB "$" " (cat /proc/1/environ; echo) | tr \(aq\e000\(aq \(aq\en\(aq"
 .fi
 .ft P
 .in
diff --git a/man5/termcap.5 b/man5/termcap.5
index fa777fc415..f8f33f50bb 100644
--- a/man5/termcap.5
+++ b/man5/termcap.5
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ Capabilities of similar functions can be written in one line.
 .nf
 Example for:
 .sp
-Head line: vt|vt101|DEC VT 101 terminal in 80 character mode:\\
-Head line: Vt|vt101-w|DEC VT 101 terminal in (wide) 132 character mode:\\
-Boolean: :bs:\\
-Numeric: :co#80:\\
-String: :sr=\\E[H:\\
+Head line: vt|vt101|DEC VT 101 terminal in 80 character mode:\e
+Head line: Vt|vt101-w|DEC VT 101 terminal in (wide) 132 character mode:\e
+Boolean: :bs:\e
+Numeric: :co#80:\e
+String: :sr=\eE[H:\e
 .fi
 .SS "Boolean Capabilities"
 .nf
@@ -380,12 +380,12 @@ XF	XOFF character if not \fB^S\fP
 There are several ways of defining the control codes for string capabilities:
 .LP
 Every normal character represents itself,
-except \(aq^\(aq, \(aq\\\(aq, and \(aq%\(aq.
+except \(aq^\(aq, \(aq\e\(aq, and \(aq%\(aq.
 .LP
 A \fB^x\fP means Control-x.
 Control-A equals 1 decimal.
 .LP
-\\x means a special code.
+\ex means a special code.
 x can be one of the following characters:
 .RS
 E Escape (27)
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ b Backspace (8)
 f Form feed (12)
 .br
 0 Null character.
-A \\xxx specifies the octal character xxx.
+A \exxx specifies the octal character xxx.
 .RE
 .IP i
 Increments parameters by one.
diff --git a/man5/utmp.5 b/man5/utmp.5
index 8f90f63c0a..05207035a4 100644
--- a/man5/utmp.5
+++ b/man5/utmp.5
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ This structure gives the name of the special file associated with the
 user's terminal, the user's login name, and the time of login in the form
 of
 .BR time (2).
-String fields are terminated by a null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq)
+String fields are terminated by a null byte (\(aq\e0\(aq)
 if they are shorter than the size
 of the field.
 .PP