diff --git a/erts/doc/references/erl_cmd.md b/erts/doc/references/erl_cmd.md
index 88c576e98f32..648e1b0c93b2 100644
--- a/erts/doc/references/erl_cmd.md
+++ b/erts/doc/references/erl_cmd.md
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ described in the corresponding application documentation.
 
   The file `FileName` is to be a plain text file and can contain comments and
   command-line arguments. A comment begins with a `#` character and continues
-  until the next end of line character. Backslash (\\\\) is used as quoting
+  until the next end of line character. Backslash (\\) is used as quoting
   character. All command-line arguments accepted by `erl` are allowed, also flag
   `-args_file FileName`. Be careful not to cause circular dependencies between
   files containing flag `-args_file`, though.
diff --git a/erts/doc/references/erlsrv_cmd.md b/erts/doc/references/erlsrv_cmd.md
index 0933d2703b79..b533e50d398c 100644
--- a/erts/doc/references/erlsrv_cmd.md
+++ b/erts/doc/references/erlsrv_cmd.md
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ The following parameters can be specified for each Erlang service:
   shows up as the service description in the Windows service manager.
 
 [](){: #001 } The naming of the service in a system that uses release handling
-must follow the convention _NodeName_\__Release_, where _NodeName_ is the first
+must follow the convention *NodeName_Release*, where _NodeName_ is the first
 part of the Erlang node name (up to, but not including the "@") and _Release_ is
 the current release of the application.
 
diff --git a/erts/doc/references/start_erl_cmd.md b/erts/doc/references/start_erl_cmd.md
index 8fb9f6fa5cb3..4a2ddb3ebfa1 100644
--- a/erts/doc/references/start_erl_cmd.md
+++ b/erts/doc/references/start_erl_cmd.md
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Windows). Although there are programs with the same name on other platforms,
 their functionality is different.
 
 This program is distributed both in compiled form (under
-`<Erlang root>\\erts-<version>\\bin`) and in source form (under
-`<Erlang root>\\erts-<version>\\src`). The purpose of the source code is to
+`<Erlang root>\erts-<version>\bin`) and in source form (under
+`<Erlang root>\erts-<version>\src`). The purpose of the source code is to
 ease customization of the program for local needs, such as cyclic restart
 detection. There is also a "make"-file, written for the `nmake` program
 distributed with Microsoft Visual C++. This program can, however, be compiled
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ The `start_erl` program in its original form recognizes the following options:
 - **`-reldir <release root>`** - Mandatory if environment variable `RELDIR` is
   not specified and no `-rootdir` option is specified. Tells `start_erl` where
   the root of the release tree is located in the file system (typically
-  `<Erlang root>\\releases`). The `start_erl.data` file is expected to be
+  `<Erlang root>\releases`). The `start_erl.data` file is expected to be
   located in this directory (unless otherwise specified). If only option
   `-rootdir` is specified, the directory is assumed to be
-  `<Erlang root>\\releases`.
+  `<Erlang root>\releases`.
 
 - **`-rootdir <Erlang root directory>`** - Mandatory if `-reldir` is not
   specified and no `RELDIR` exists in the environment. This specifies the Erlang
diff --git a/lib/snmp/doc/references/snmpc_cmd.md b/lib/snmp/doc/references/snmpc_cmd.md
index 52ebe33feb74..9a940abdec91 100644
--- a/lib/snmp/doc/references/snmpc_cmd.md
+++ b/lib/snmp/doc/references/snmpc_cmd.md
@@ -21,18 +21,22 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 SNMP MIB compiler frontend
 
+## Synopsis
+
+```
+snmpc [options] file.mib | file.bin
+```
+
 ## Description
 
 The `snmpc` program provides a way to run the SNMP MIB compiler of the Erlang
 system.
 
-## snmpc \[options] file.mib | file.bin
-
-`snmpc` compile a SNMP MIB file, see [compile/1,2](`snmpc:compile/1`) for more
-info.
+`snmpc` compiles an SNMP MIB file. See [compile/1,2](`snmpc:compile/1`) for more
+information.
 
-It can also be used to generate a header file (.hrl) with definitions of Erlang
-constants for the objects in the MIB, see [mib_to_hrl/1](`snmpc:mib_to_hrl/1`).
+It can also be used to generate a header file (`.hrl`) with definitions of Erlang
+constants for the objects in the MIB. See [mib_to_hrl/1](`snmpc:mib_to_hrl/1`).
 
 [](){: #options }
 
diff --git a/make/markdown_to_man.escript b/make/markdown_to_man.escript
index d1508ee21c6a..8a5999dc3043 100755
--- a/make/markdown_to_man.escript
+++ b/make/markdown_to_man.escript
@@ -136,11 +136,12 @@ format_one({ul,_,Ul}) ->
     format_ul(Ul).
 
 format_p(Is0) ->
-    Is = [format_p_item(I) || I <- Is0],
-    [~".PP\n",Is,$\n].
+    Text0 = iolist_to_binary([format_p_item(I) || I <- Is0]),
+    Text = string:trim(Text0, leading),
+    [~".PP\n",Text,$\n].
 
 format_p_item({code,_,Text}) ->
-    [~B"\fI",Text,~B"\fR"];
+    [~B"\fI",format_p_item(Text),~B"\fR"];
 format_p_item({em,_,Text}) ->
     [~B"\fB",format_p_item(Text),~B"\fR"];
 format_p_item({i,_,Text}) ->
@@ -150,14 +151,14 @@ format_p_item([H|T]) ->
 format_p_item([]) ->
     [];
 format_p_item(Text) when is_binary(Text) ->
-    Text.
+    escape_backslashes(Text).
 
 format_pre(Ps0) ->
     Ps = [format_pre_item(P) || P <- Ps0],
     [~".IP\n.nf\n",Ps,$\n,~".fi\n"].
 
 format_pre_item({code,_,Text}) ->
-    Text.
+    escape_backslashes(Text).
 
 format_ul(UL) ->
     [format_ul_item(I) || I <- UL].
@@ -200,3 +201,8 @@ strip_formatting(<<".",_/binary>> = Bin) ->
     [~B"\&",Bin];
 strip_formatting(Bin) when is_binary(Bin) ->
     Bin.
+
+escape_backslashes(Text) when is_list(Text) ->
+    escape_backslashes(iolist_to_binary(Text));
+escape_backslashes(Text) when is_binary(Text) ->
+    binary:replace(Text, ~B"\", ~B"\\", [global]).