5 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el b/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el
index 958c5ef8b62..ec45dcfcf24 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ A server may send more than one 005 message."
     (while (erc-response.command-args parsed)
       (let ((section (pop (erc-response.command-args parsed))))
         ;; fill erc-server-parameters
-        (when (string-match "^\\([A-Z]+\\)\=\\(.*\\)$\\|^\\([A-Z]+\\)$"
+        (when (string-match "^\\([A-Z]+\\)=\\(.*\\)$\\|^\\([A-Z]+\\)$"
                             section)
           (add-to-list 'erc-server-parameters
                        `(,(or (match-string 1 section)
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-match.el b/lisp/erc/erc-match.el
index 55f298bbf69..0622b18ca7f 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-match.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-match.el
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Useful to mark nicks from dangerous hosts."
 
 (defcustom erc-current-nick-highlight-type 'keyword
   "Determines how to highlight text in which your current nickname appears
-\(does not apply to text sent by you\).
+\(does not apply to text sent by you).
 
 The following values are allowed:
 
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-networks.el b/lisp/erc/erc-networks.el
index 441663f3b3b..2891fe17be6 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-networks.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-networks.el
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ PORTS is either a number, a list of numbers, or a list of port ranges."
     (LagNet "lagnet.org.za")
     (Librenet "librenet.net")
     (LinkNet "link-net.org")
-    (LinuxChix "cats\.meow\.at\\|linuxchix\.org")
+    (LinuxChix "cats\\.meow\\.at\\|linuxchix\\.org")
     (Liquidized "liquidized.net")
     (M-IRC "m-sys.org")
     (MagicStar "magicstar.net")
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-services.el b/lisp/erc/erc-services.el
index 2d2fa6230c3..274b01ffbd1 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-services.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-services.el
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Example of use:
      "IDENTIFY" nil nil nil))
    "Alist of NickServer details, sorted by network.
 Every element in the list has the form
-  \(SYMBOL NICKSERV REGEXP NICK KEYWORD USE-CURRENT ANSWER SUCCESS-REGEXP)
+  (SYMBOL NICKSERV REGEXP NICK KEYWORD USE-CURRENT ANSWER SUCCESS-REGEXP)
 
 SYMBOL is a network identifier, a symbol, as used in `erc-networks-alist'.
 NICKSERV is the description of the nickserv in the form nick!user@host.
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc.el b/lisp/erc/erc.el
index 62be63e9aa4..8e26db1d9d3 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc.el
@@ -258,20 +258,20 @@ If nil, only \"> \" will be shown."
 
 (defcustom erc-hide-list nil
   "A global list of IRC message types to hide.
-A typical value would be '(\"JOIN\" \"PART\" \"QUIT\")."
+A typical value would be \(\"JOIN\" \"PART\" \"QUIT\")."
   :group 'erc-ignore
   :type 'erc-message-type)
 
 (defcustom erc-network-hide-list nil
   "A list of IRC networks to hide message types from.
-A typical value would be '((\"freenode\" \"MODE\")
+A typical value would be \((\"freenode\" \"MODE\")
 (\"OFTC\" \"JOIN\" \"QUIT\"))."
   :group 'erc-ignore
   :type 'erc-message-type)
 
 (defcustom erc-channel-hide-list nil
   "A list of IRC channels to hide message types from.
-A typical value would be '((\"#emacs\" \"QUIT\" \JOIN\")
+A typical value would be \((\"#emacs\" \"QUIT\" \"JOIN\")
 (\"#erc\" \"NICK\")."
   :group 'erc-ignore
   :type 'erc-message-type)
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ non-nil."
 (defcustom erc-lurker-hide-list nil
   "List of IRC type messages to hide when sent by lurkers.
 
-A typical value would be '(\"JOIN\" \"PART\" \"QUIT\").
+A typical value would be \(\"JOIN\" \"PART\" \"QUIT\").
 See also `erc-lurker-p' and `erc-hide-list'."
   :group 'erc-lurker
   :type 'erc-message-type)
@@ -2973,7 +2973,7 @@ VERSION and so on.  It is called with ARGS."
 If FUNC contains a valid function or variable, help about that
 will be displayed.  If FUNC is empty, display an apropos about
 ERC commands.  Otherwise, do `apropos' in the ERC namespace
-\(\"erc-.*LINE\"\).
+\(\"erc-.*LINE\").
 
 Examples:
 To find out about erc and bbdb, do