diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 66e570113..f88e9977d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ As a special case, the `"@\{-N\}"` syntax for the N-th last branch
 checks out the branch (instead of detaching).  You may also specify
 `-` which is synonymous with `"@\{-1\}"`.
 +
-As a further special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the
+As a further special case, you may use `"A\...B"` as a shortcut for the
 merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can
 leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 658ff2ff6..020955ff5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ summary::
 	For a successfully pushed ref, the summary shows the old and new
 	values of the ref in a form suitable for using as an argument to
 	`git log` (this is `<old>..<new>` in most cases, and
-	`<old>...<new>` for forced non-fast-forward updates).
+	`<old>\...<new>` for forced non-fast-forward updates).
 +
 For a failed update, more details are given:
 +
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index b4314568f..b8aa0b999 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	<upstream>.  May be any valid commit, and not just an
 	existing branch name.
 +
-As a special case, you may use "A...B" as a shortcut for the
+As a special case, you may use "A\...B" as a shortcut for the
 merge base of A and B if there is exactly one merge base. You can
 leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index cc562a057..e2237ae4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ excluded from the output.
 	reflog entries from the most recent one to older ones.
 	When this option is used you cannot specify commits to
 	exclude (that is, '{caret}commit', 'commit1..commit2',
-	nor 'commit1...commit2' notations cannot be used).
+	nor 'commit1\...commit2' notations cannot be used).
 +
 With '\--pretty' format other than oneline (for obvious reasons),
 this causes the output to have two extra lines of information