diff --git a/man4/console_codes.4 b/man4/console_codes.4
index f3aa3f147..386b6fd53 100644
--- a/man4/console_codes.4
+++ b/man4/console_codes.4
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ q	DECLL	Set keyboard LEDs.
 r	DECSTBM	Set scrolling region; parameters are top and bottom row.
 s	?	Save cursor location.
 u	?	Restore cursor location.
-`	HPA	Move cursor to indicated column in current row.
+\`	HPA	Move cursor to indicated column in current row.
 .TE
 .PP
 .B ECMA-48 Set Graphics Rendition
diff --git a/man4/random.4 b/man4/random.4
index 0c01a68a0..0e788ac23 100644
--- a/man4/random.4
+++ b/man4/random.4
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ which is run during the Linux system start-up sequence:
     fi
     chmod 600 $random_seed
     poolfile=/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize
-    [ \-r $poolfile ] && bytes=`cat $poolfile` || bytes=512
+    [ \-r $poolfile ] && bytes=\`cat $poolfile\` || bytes=512
     dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=$bytes
 .fi
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ run during the Linux system shutdown:
     touch $random_seed
     chmod 600 $random_seed
     poolfile=/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize
-    [ \-r $poolfile ] && bytes=`cat $poolfile` || bytes=512
+    [ \-r $poolfile ] && bytes=\`cat $poolfile\` || bytes=512
     dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=$bytes
 .fi
 .SS "/proc Interface"
diff --git a/man5/dir_colors.5 b/man5/dir_colors.5
index 7578913d2..6d0a3f5b4 100644
--- a/man5/dir_colors.5
+++ b/man5/dir_colors.5
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ to determine the colors in which the filenames are to be displayed.
 This environment variable is usually set by a command like
 
 .RS
-eval `dircolors some_path/dir_colors`
+eval \`dircolors some_path/dir_colors\`
 .RE
 
 found in a system default shell initialization file, like
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 2cc87477c..6736a51b3 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ the internal format, with sub-fields terminated by null bytes ('\\0'),
 so you
 may find that things are more readable if you use \fIod \-c\fP or \fItr
 "\\000" "\\n"\fP to read them.
-Alternatively, \fIecho `cat <file>`\fP works well.
+Alternatively, \fIecho \`cat <file>\`\fP works well.
 
 This manual page is incomplete, possibly inaccurate, and is the kind
 of thing that needs to be updated very often.
diff --git a/man7/glob.7 b/man7/glob.7
index caeb73fd7..268e48379 100644
--- a/man7/glob.7
+++ b/man7/glob.7
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ one can force the classical behavior by setting
 E.g., where old scripts have
 .br
 .nf
-    rm `find . \-name "*~"`
+    rm \`find . \-name "*~"\`
 .fi
 new scripts require
 .br
 .nf
-    rm \-f nosuchfile `find . \-name "*~"`
+    rm \-f nosuchfile \`find . \-name "*~"\`
 .fi
 to avoid error messages from
 .I rm