diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref1.tex b/Doc/ref/ref1.tex
index 0b006ba..30bfcce 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref1.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref1.tex
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 In lexical definitions (as the example above), two more conventions
 are used: Two literal characters separated by three dots mean a choice
-of any single character in the given (inclusive) range of ASCII
+of any single character in the given (inclusive) range of \ASCII{}
 characters.  A phrase between angular brackets (\verb@<...>@) gives an
 informal description of the symbol defined; e.g. this could be used
 to describe the notion of `control character' if needed.
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref2.tex b/Doc/ref/ref2.tex
index c08f829..b9593b8 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref2.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref2.tex
@@ -233,16 +233,16 @@
 \verb/\\/	& Backslash (\verb/\/) \\
 \verb/\'/	& Single quote (\verb/'/) \\
 \verb/\"/	& Double quote (\verb/"/) \\
-\verb/\a/	& ASCII Bell (BEL) \\
-\verb/\b/	& ASCII Backspace (BS) \\
-%\verb/\E/	& ASCII Escape (ESC) \\
-\verb/\f/	& ASCII Formfeed (FF) \\
-\verb/\n/	& ASCII Linefeed (LF) \\
-\verb/\r/	& ASCII Carriage Return (CR) \\
-\verb/\t/	& ASCII Horizontal Tab (TAB) \\
-\verb/\v/	& ASCII Vertical Tab (VT) \\
-\verb/\/{\em ooo}	& ASCII character with octal value {\em ooo} \\
-\verb/\x/{\em xx...}	& ASCII character with hex value {\em xx...} \\
+\verb/\a/	& \ASCII{} Bell (BEL) \\
+\verb/\b/	& \ASCII{} Backspace (BS) \\
+%\verb/\E/	& \ASCII{} Escape (ESC) \\
+\verb/\f/	& \ASCII{} Formfeed (FF) \\
+\verb/\n/	& \ASCII{} Linefeed (LF) \\
+\verb/\r/	& \ASCII{} Carriage Return (CR) \\
+\verb/\t/	& \ASCII{} Horizontal Tab (TAB) \\
+\verb/\v/	& \ASCII{} Vertical Tab (VT) \\
+\verb/\/{\em ooo}	& \ASCII{} character with octal value {\em ooo} \\
+\verb/\x/{\em xx...}	& \ASCII{} character with hex value {\em xx...} \\
 \hline
 \end{tabular}
 \end{center}
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 =	;
 \end{verbatim}
 
-The following printing ASCII characters are not used in Python.  Their
+The following printing \ASCII{} characters are not used in Python.  Their
 occurrence outside string literals and comments is an unconditional
 error:
 \index{ASCII}
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
index 0904849..152b1bf 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 Characters represent (at least) 8-bit bytes.  The built-in
 functions \verb@chr()@ and \verb@ord()@ convert between characters
 and nonnegative integers representing the byte values.
-Bytes with the values 0-127 represent the corresponding ASCII values.
+Bytes with the values 0-127 represent the corresponding \ASCII{} values.
 The string data type is also used to represent arrays of bytes, e.g.
 to hold data read from a file.
 \obindex{string}
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@
 \bifuncindex{chr}
 \bifuncindex{ord}
 
-(On systems whose native character set is not ASCII, strings may use
+(On systems whose native character set is not \ASCII{}, strings may use
 EBCDIC in their internal representation, provided the functions
-\verb@chr()@ and \verb@ord()@ implement a mapping between ASCII and
-EBCDIC, and string comparison preserves the ASCII order.
+\verb@chr()@ and \verb@ord()@ implement a mapping between \ASCII{} and
+EBCDIC, and string comparison preserves the \ASCII{} order.
 Or perhaps someone can propose a better rule?)
 \index{ASCII}
 \index{EBCDIC}
diff --git a/Doc/ref1.tex b/Doc/ref1.tex
index 0b006ba..30bfcce 100644
--- a/Doc/ref1.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref1.tex
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 In lexical definitions (as the example above), two more conventions
 are used: Two literal characters separated by three dots mean a choice
-of any single character in the given (inclusive) range of ASCII
+of any single character in the given (inclusive) range of \ASCII{}
 characters.  A phrase between angular brackets (\verb@<...>@) gives an
 informal description of the symbol defined; e.g. this could be used
 to describe the notion of `control character' if needed.
diff --git a/Doc/ref2.tex b/Doc/ref2.tex
index c08f829..b9593b8 100644
--- a/Doc/ref2.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref2.tex
@@ -233,16 +233,16 @@
 \verb/\\/	& Backslash (\verb/\/) \\
 \verb/\'/	& Single quote (\verb/'/) \\
 \verb/\"/	& Double quote (\verb/"/) \\
-\verb/\a/	& ASCII Bell (BEL) \\
-\verb/\b/	& ASCII Backspace (BS) \\
-%\verb/\E/	& ASCII Escape (ESC) \\
-\verb/\f/	& ASCII Formfeed (FF) \\
-\verb/\n/	& ASCII Linefeed (LF) \\
-\verb/\r/	& ASCII Carriage Return (CR) \\
-\verb/\t/	& ASCII Horizontal Tab (TAB) \\
-\verb/\v/	& ASCII Vertical Tab (VT) \\
-\verb/\/{\em ooo}	& ASCII character with octal value {\em ooo} \\
-\verb/\x/{\em xx...}	& ASCII character with hex value {\em xx...} \\
+\verb/\a/	& \ASCII{} Bell (BEL) \\
+\verb/\b/	& \ASCII{} Backspace (BS) \\
+%\verb/\E/	& \ASCII{} Escape (ESC) \\
+\verb/\f/	& \ASCII{} Formfeed (FF) \\
+\verb/\n/	& \ASCII{} Linefeed (LF) \\
+\verb/\r/	& \ASCII{} Carriage Return (CR) \\
+\verb/\t/	& \ASCII{} Horizontal Tab (TAB) \\
+\verb/\v/	& \ASCII{} Vertical Tab (VT) \\
+\verb/\/{\em ooo}	& \ASCII{} character with octal value {\em ooo} \\
+\verb/\x/{\em xx...}	& \ASCII{} character with hex value {\em xx...} \\
 \hline
 \end{tabular}
 \end{center}
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 =	;
 \end{verbatim}
 
-The following printing ASCII characters are not used in Python.  Their
+The following printing \ASCII{} characters are not used in Python.  Their
 occurrence outside string literals and comments is an unconditional
 error:
 \index{ASCII}
diff --git a/Doc/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref3.tex
index 0904849..152b1bf 100644
--- a/Doc/ref3.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref3.tex
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 Characters represent (at least) 8-bit bytes.  The built-in
 functions \verb@chr()@ and \verb@ord()@ convert between characters
 and nonnegative integers representing the byte values.
-Bytes with the values 0-127 represent the corresponding ASCII values.
+Bytes with the values 0-127 represent the corresponding \ASCII{} values.
 The string data type is also used to represent arrays of bytes, e.g.
 to hold data read from a file.
 \obindex{string}
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@
 \bifuncindex{chr}
 \bifuncindex{ord}
 
-(On systems whose native character set is not ASCII, strings may use
+(On systems whose native character set is not \ASCII{}, strings may use
 EBCDIC in their internal representation, provided the functions
-\verb@chr()@ and \verb@ord()@ implement a mapping between ASCII and
-EBCDIC, and string comparison preserves the ASCII order.
+\verb@chr()@ and \verb@ord()@ implement a mapping between \ASCII{} and
+EBCDIC, and string comparison preserves the \ASCII{} order.
 Or perhaps someone can propose a better rule?)
 \index{ASCII}
 \index{EBCDIC}
diff --git a/Doc/tut.tex b/Doc/tut.tex
index 2e11352..933c51e 100644
--- a/Doc/tut.tex
+++ b/Doc/tut.tex
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@
 items of two sequences compare equal, the sequences are considered
 equal.  If one sequence is an initial subsequence of the other, the
 shorted sequence is the smaller one.  Lexicographical ordering for
-strings uses the ASCII ordering for individual characters.  Some
+strings uses the \ASCII{} ordering for individual characters.  Some
 examples of comparisons between sequences with the same types:
 
 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
@@ -3301,7 +3301,7 @@
 used equally well for moving objects around on a network or store them
 in a database.  For ease of debugging, and the inevitable occasional
 manual patch-up, the constructed byte streams consist of printable
-ASCII characters only (though it's not designed to be pretty).
+\ASCII{} characters only (though it's not designed to be pretty).
 
 The module \code{shelve} provides a simple model for storing objects
 on files.  The operation \code{shelve.open(filename)} returns a
diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
index 2e11352..933c51e 100644
--- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex
+++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@
 items of two sequences compare equal, the sequences are considered
 equal.  If one sequence is an initial subsequence of the other, the
 shorted sequence is the smaller one.  Lexicographical ordering for
-strings uses the ASCII ordering for individual characters.  Some
+strings uses the \ASCII{} ordering for individual characters.  Some
 examples of comparisons between sequences with the same types:
 
 \bcode\begin{verbatim}
@@ -3301,7 +3301,7 @@
 used equally well for moving objects around on a network or store them
 in a database.  For ease of debugging, and the inevitable occasional
 manual patch-up, the constructed byte streams consist of printable
-ASCII characters only (though it's not designed to be pretty).
+\ASCII{} characters only (though it's not designed to be pretty).
 
 The module \code{shelve} provides a simple model for storing objects
 on files.  The operation \code{shelve.open(filename)} returns a