diff --git a/doc_src/cmds/functions.rst b/doc_src/cmds/functions.rst
index 2bf3ac124..bb7b0e801 100644
--- a/doc_src/cmds/functions.rst
+++ b/doc_src/cmds/functions.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Synopsis
 | **functions** [**-D** | **--details**] [**-v**] *FUNCTION*
 | **functions** **-c** *OLDNAME* *NEWNAME*
 | **functions** **-d** *DESCRIPTION* *FUNCTION*
-| **functions** [**-e** | **-q**] *FUNCTION ...*
+| **functions** [**-e** | **-q**] *FUNCTION* ...
 
 Description
 -----------
diff --git a/doc_src/cmds/history.rst b/doc_src/cmds/history.rst
index 2f2572a11..0b5128ac7 100644
--- a/doc_src/cmds/history.rst
+++ b/doc_src/cmds/history.rst
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ Synopsis
 
 | ``history`` [**search**] [**--show-time**] [**--case-sensitive**]
 	\	\   [**--exact** | **--prefix** | **--contains**] [**--max** *n*] [**--null**] [**--reverse**]
-	\	\   [*SEARCH_STRING ...*]
+	\	\   [*SEARCH_STRING* ...]
 | ``history`` **delete** [**--case-sensitive**]
-	\	\   [**--exact** | **--prefix** | **--contains**] *SEARCH_STRING ...*
+	\	\   [**--exact** | **--prefix** | **--contains**] *SEARCH_STRING* ...
 | ``history`` **merge**
 | ``history`` **save**
 | ``history`` **clear**
diff --git a/doc_src/cmds/math.rst b/doc_src/cmds/math.rst
index 914c94005..7f0b043f1 100644
--- a/doc_src/cmds/math.rst
+++ b/doc_src/cmds/math.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ math - perform mathematics calculations
 Synopsis
 --------
 
-``math`` [(**-s** | **--scale**) *N*] [(**-b** | **--base**) *BASE*] *EXPRESSION ...*
+``math`` [(**-s** | **--scale**) *N*] [(**-b** | **--base**) *BASE*] *EXPRESSION* ...
 
 
 Description