diff --git a/external/bsd/atf/dist/tools/atf-check.1 b/external/bsd/atf/dist/tools/atf-check.1
index 73871e5b1d2d..179bab6173a2 100644
--- a/external/bsd/atf/dist/tools/atf-check.1
+++ b/external/bsd/atf/dist/tools/atf-check.1
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ atf-check -s ne:0 'false' || atf_fail
 
 # Checking stdout/stderr
 echo foobar \*[Gt]expout
-atf-check -o file:expout -e inline:"xx\\tyy\\n" \\
-    'echo foobar ; printf "xx\\tyy\\n" \*[Gt]\*[Aq]2' || atf_fail
+atf-check -o file:expout -e inline:"xx\etyy\en" \e
+    'echo foobar ; printf "xx\etyy\en" \*[Gt]\*[Aq]2' || atf_fail
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr atf 7
diff --git a/usr.bin/make/make.1 b/usr.bin/make/make.1
index ccc90e229fdb..c72f2dfe402e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/make/make.1
+++ b/usr.bin/make/make.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: make.1,v 1.166 2009/11/19 06:48:37 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: make.1,v 1.167 2010/02/22 19:20:33 joerg Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -1750,10 +1750,10 @@ character when used outside of any quoting characters.
 .El
 Example:
 .Bd -literal
-\&.SHELL: name=ksh path=/bin/ksh hasErrCtl=true \\
-	check="set -e" ignore="set +e" \\
-	echo="set -v" quiet="set +v" filter="set +v" \\
-	echoFlag=v errFlag=e newline="'\\n'"
+\&.SHELL: name=ksh path=/bin/ksh hasErrCtl=true \e
+	check="set -e" ignore="set +e" \e
+	echo="set -v" quiet="set +v" filter="set +v" \e
+	echoFlag=v errFlag=e newline="'\en'"
 .Ed
 .It Ic .SILENT
 Apply the