--- a/doc/interpreter/octave.texi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/octave.texi
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@
 @sp 2
 @multitable @columnfractions 0.4 0.025 0.65
 @item
-@flushright @image{octave_logo,2.1in} @end flushright
+@flushright @image{octave_logo,2.1in}
+@end flushright
 @tab
 @c this is a spacer column
 @tab

--- a/doc/interpreter/plot.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/plot.txi
@@ -2573,15 +2573,15 @@
 A character indicating a plot marker to be place at each data point, or
 @code{"none"}, meaning no markers should be displayed.
 
-@itemx markeredgecolor
+@item markeredgecolor
 The color of the edge around the marker, or @code{"auto"}, meaning that
 the edge color is the same as the face color.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@itemx markerfacecolor
+@item markerfacecolor
 The color of the marker, or @code{"none"} to indicate that the marker
 should not be filled.  @xref{Colors}.
 
-@itemx markersize
+@item markersize
 A number specifying the size of the marker.  The default is 1.  A value
 of 2 is twice as large as the default, etc.
 @end table

--- a/doc/interpreter/tips.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/tips.txi
@@ -296,20 +296,20 @@
 When choosing variable names try to adhere to the following guidelines.
 
 @table @asis
-@item 
-vectors : x,y,z,t,w
+@item vectors :
+x,y,z,t,w
 
-@item
-matrices : A,B,M
+@item matrices :
+A,B,M
 
-@item
-strings : @nospell{str},s
+@item strings :
+@nospell{str},s
 
-@item
-filenames : @nospell{fname}
+@item filenames :
+@nospell{fname}
 
-@item
-cells,@nospell{cellstrs} : c,@nospell{cstr}
+@item cells,@nospell{cellstrs} :
+c,@nospell{cstr}
 @end table
 
 @item

--- a/libinterp/interpfcn/dirfns.cc
+++ b/libinterp/interpfcn/dirfns.cc
@@ -556,9 +556,9 @@
 Within a pattern\n\
 \n\
 @table @code\n\
-@itemx *\n\
+@item *\n\
 matches any string, including the null string,\n\
-@itemx ?\n\
+@item ?\n\
 matches any single character, and\n\
 \n\
 @item [@dots{}]\n\

--- a/libinterp/interpfcn/file-io.cc
+++ b/libinterp/interpfcn/file-io.cc
@@ -646,23 +646,23 @@
 The parameter @var{arch} is a string specifying the default data format\n\
 for the file.  Valid values for @var{arch} are:\n\
 \n\
-@table @asis\n\
-@samp{native}\n\
+@table @samp\n\
+@item native\n\
 The format of the current machine (this is the default).\n\
 \n\
-@samp{ieee-be}\n\
+@item ieee-be\n\
 IEEE big endian format.\n\
 \n\
-@samp{ieee-le}\n\
+@item ieee-le\n\
 IEEE little endian format.\n\
 \n\
-@samp{vaxd}\n\
+@item vaxd\n\
 VAX D floating format.\n\
 \n\
-@samp{vaxg}\n\
+@item vaxg\n\
 VAX G floating format.\n\
 \n\
-@samp{cray}\n\
+@item cray\n\
 Cray floating format.\n\
 @end table\n\
 \n\

--- a/scripts/io/strread.m
+++ b/scripts/io/strread.m
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 ## @item %s
 ## The word is parsed as a string.
 ##
-## @itemx %f
+## @item  %f
 ## @itemx %n
 ## The word is parsed as a number and converted to double.
 ##

--- a/scripts/plot/legend.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/legend.m
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 ## @item "hide"
 ##   Hide legend on the plot
 ##
-## @itemx "toggle"
+## @item "toggle"
 ##   Toggles between "hide" and "show"
 ##
 ## @item "boxon"
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 ## @item "right"
 ##   Place label text to the right of the keys
 ##
-## @itemx "off"
+## @item  "off"
 ##   Delete the legend object
 ## @end table
 ##

--- a/scripts/plot/print.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/print.m
@@ -207,11 +207,10 @@
 ## is sent to a file the size is determined by the plot box defined by
 ## the figure's "paperposition" property.
 ##
-## @itemx -append
-##   Append Postscript or PDF output to a pre-existing file of the
-## same type.
+## @item -append
+##   Append Postscript or PDF output to a pre-existing file of the same type.
 ##
-## @itemx -r@var{NUM}
+## @item -r@var{NUM}
 ##   Resolution of bitmaps in pixels per inch.  For both metafiles and
 ## SVG the default is the screen resolution; for other formats it is 150 dpi.
 ## To specify screen resolution, use "-r0".

--- a/scripts/time/datetick.m
+++ b/scripts/time/datetick.m
@@ -22,13 +22,12 @@
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} datetick (@var{axis}, @var{form})
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} datetick (@dots{}, "keeplimits")
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} datetick (@dots{}, "keepticks")
-## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} datetick (@dots{ax}, @dots{})
-## Add date formatted tick labels to an axis.  The axis the apply the
-## ticks to is determined by @var{axis} that can take the values "x",
-## "y" or "z".  The default value is "x".  The formatting of the labels is
-## determined by the variable @var{form}, that can either be a string in
-## the format needed by @code{dateform}, or a positive integer that can
-## be accepted by @code{datestr}.
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} datetick (@var{hax}, @dots{})
+## Add date formatted tick labels to an axis.  The axis to apply the
+## ticks to is determined by @var{axis} which can take the values "x",
+## "y", or "z".  The default value is "x".  The formatting of the labels is
+## determined by the variable @var{form}, which can either be a string or
+## positive integer that @code{datestr} accepts.
 ## @seealso{datenum, datestr}
 ## @end deftypefn