diff --git a/Docs/manual.texi b/Docs/manual.texi
index f3161ea12ee..7c14318afd8 100644
--- a/Docs/manual.texi
+++ b/Docs/manual.texi
@@ -16270,8 +16270,9 @@ mysql> SELECT something FROM table
 @findex DAYOFWEEK()
 @item DAYOFWEEK(date)
 Returns the weekday index
-for @code{date} (@code{1} = Sunday, @code{2} = Monday, ... @code{7} = Saturday).
-These index values correspond to the ODBC standard:
+
+for @code{date} (@code{1} = Sunday, @code{2} = Monday, ... @code{7} =
+Saturday).  These index values correspond to the ODBC standard:
 
 @example
 mysql> select DAYOFWEEK('1998-02-03');
@@ -16886,7 +16887,7 @@ This is an "RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm".
 @item LAST_INSERT_ID([expr])
 Returns the last automatically generated value that was inserted into an
 @code{AUTO_INCREMENT} column.
-@xref{mysql_insert_id,, @code{mysql_insert_id()}}.
+@xref{mysql_insert_id,, @code{mysql_insert_id()}}:
 
 @example
 mysql> select LAST_INSERT_ID();
@@ -17105,7 +17106,7 @@ mysql> select student_name, AVG(test_score)
 @itemx MAX(expr)
 Returns the minimum or maximum value of @code{expr}.  @code{MIN()} and
 @code{MAX()} may take a string argument; in such cases they return the
-minimum or maximum string value. @xref{MySQL indexes}.
+minimum or maximum string value. @xref{MySQL indexes}:
 
 @example
 mysql> select student_name, MIN(test_score), MAX(test_score)