diff --git a/Doc/dist/dist.tex b/Doc/dist/dist.tex
index 768b14d..dd204be 100644
--- a/Doc/dist/dist.tex
+++ b/Doc/dist/dist.tex
@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@
   \file{.pyo} files).  Sometimes referred to as a ``pure module.''
 
 \item[extension module] a module written in the low-level language of
-  the Python implementation: C/C++ for Python, Java for Jython.
+  the Python implementation: C/\Cpp{} for Python, Java for Jython.
   Typically contained in a single dynamically loadable pre-compiled
   file, e.g. a shared object (\file{.so}) file for Python extensions on
   \UNIX, a DLL (given the \file{.pyd} extension) for Python extensions
   on Windows, or a Java class file for Jython extensions.  (Note that
-  currently, the Distutils only handles C/C++ extensions for Python.)
+  currently, the Distutils only handles C/\Cpp{} extensions for Python.)
 
 \item[package] a module that contains other modules; typically contained
   in a directory in the filesystem and distinguished from other
@@ -471,16 +471,16 @@
 However, you can also include SWIG interface (\file{.i}) files in the
 list; the \command{build\_ext} command knows how to deal with SWIG
 extensions: it will run SWIG on the interface file and compile the
-resulting C/C++ file into your extension.
+resulting C/\Cpp{} file into your extension.
 
 \XXX{SWIG support is rough around the edges and largely untested;
-  especially SWIG support of C++ extensions!  Explain in more detail
+  especially SWIG support for \Cpp{} extensions!  Explain in more detail
   here when the interface firms up.}
 
 On some platforms, you can include non-source files that are processed
 by the compiler and included in your extension.  Currently, this just
 means Windows message text (\file{.mc}) files and resource definition
-(\file{.rc}) files for Visual C++. These will be compiled to binary resource
+(\file{.rc}) files for Visual \Cpp. These will be compiled to binary resource
 (\file{.res}) files and linked into the executable.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/inst/inst.tex b/Doc/inst/inst.tex
index bfc996e..2b0d9ae 100644
--- a/Doc/inst/inst.tex
+++ b/Doc/inst/inst.tex
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
  '/usr/local/lib/python2.3/lib-tk', '/usr/local/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload', 
  '/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages']
 >>>
-\end{verbatim}
+\end{verbatim} % $ <-- bow to font-lock
 
 The null string in \code{sys.path} represents the current working
 directory.   
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@
 \subsection{Using non-Microsoft compilers on Windows \label{non-ms-compilers}}
 \sectionauthor{Rene Liebscher}{R.Liebscher@gmx.de}
 
-\subsubsection{Borland C++}
+\subsubsection{Borland \Cpp}
 
 This subsection describes the necessary steps to use Distutils with the 
 Borland \Cpp{} compiler version 5.5.
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@
 
   \seetitle[http://www.cyberus.ca/\~{}g_will/pyExtenDL.shtml]
     {Creating Python Extensions Using Borland's Free Compiler}
-    {Document describing how to use Borland's free command-line C++
+    {Document describing how to use Borland's free command-line \Cpp
      compiler to build Python.}
 \end{seealso}
 
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index 5027a04..9d181b1 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
   If a class method is called for a derived class, the derived class
   object is passed as the implied first argument.
 
-  Class methods are different than C++ or Java static methods.
+  Class methods are different than \Cpp{} or Java static methods.
   If you want those, see \function{staticmethod()} in this section.
   \versionadded{2.2}
 \end{funcdesc}
@@ -446,10 +446,10 @@
   function is assumed, that is, all elements of \var{list} that are false
   (zero or empty) are removed.
 
-  Note that \code{filter(function, list)} equals
-  \code{[item for item in list if function(item)]} if function is not
-  \code{None} and \code{[item for item in list if item]} if function is
-  None.
+  Note that \code{filter(function, \var{list})} is equivalent to
+  \code{[item for item in \var{list} if function(item)]} if function is
+  not \code{None} and \code{[item for item in \var{list} if item]} if
+  function is \code{None}.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{float}{\optional{x}}
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@
 \begin{funcdesc}{slice}{\optional{start,} stop\optional{, step}}
   Return a slice object representing the set of indices specified by
   \code{range(\var{start}, \var{stop}, \var{step})}.  The \var{start}
-  and \var{step} arguments default to None.  Slice objects have
+  and \var{step} arguments default to \code{None}.  Slice objects have
   read-only data attributes \member{start}, \member{stop} and
   \member{step} which merely return the argument values (or their
   default).  They have no other explicit functionality; however they
@@ -928,7 +928,8 @@
   The \var{sequence}'s items are normally numbers, and are not allowed
   to be strings.  The fast, correct way to concatenate sequence of
   strings is by calling \code{''.join(\var{sequence})}.
-  Note that \code{sum(range(n), m)} equals \code{reduce(operator.add, range(n), m)}
+  Note that \code{sum(range(\var{n}), \var{m})} is equivalent to
+  \code{reduce(operator.add, range(\var{n}), \var{m})}
   \versionadded{2.3}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libgettext.tex b/Doc/lib/libgettext.tex
index 3aa31d2..e98d9f6 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libgettext.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libgettext.tex
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 scans all your Python source code looking for the strings you
 previously marked as translatable.  It is similar to the GNU
 \program{gettext} program except that it understands all the
-intricacies of Python source code, but knows nothing about C or C++
+intricacies of Python source code, but knows nothing about C or \Cpp
 source code.  You don't need GNU \code{gettext} unless you're also
 going to be translating C code (such as C extension modules).
 
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmsvcrt.tex b/Doc/lib/libmsvcrt.tex
index b0fed81..7e0f784 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libmsvcrt.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libmsvcrt.tex
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 \section{\module{msvcrt} --
-         Useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime}
+         Useful routines from the MS V\Cpp{} runtime}
 
 \declaremodule{builtin}{msvcrt}
   \platform{Windows}
-\modulesynopsis{Miscellaneous useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime.}
+\modulesynopsis{Miscellaneous useful routines from the MS V\Cpp{} runtime.}
 \sectionauthor{Fred L. Drake, Jr.}{fdrake@acm.org}
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew20.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew20.tex
index fe3e384..86d54d7 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew20.tex
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew20.tex
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
 
 Augmented assignment operators were first introduced in the C
 programming language, and most C-derived languages, such as
-\program{awk}, C++, Java, Perl, and PHP also support them.  The augmented
+\program{awk}, \Cpp, Java, Perl, and PHP also support them.  The augmented
 assignment patch was implemented by Thomas Wouters.
 
 % ======================================================================
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
 Work has been done on porting Python to 64-bit Windows on the Itanium
 processor, mostly by Trent Mick of ActiveState.  (Confusingly,
 \code{sys.platform} is still \code{'win32'} on Win64 because it seems
-that for ease of porting, MS Visual C++ treats code as 32 bit on Itanium.)
+that for ease of porting, MS Visual \Cpp{} treats code as 32 bit on Itanium.)
 PythonWin also supports Windows CE; see the Python CE page at
 \url{http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/ce/} for more
 information.