2 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/elisp.texi b/doc/lispref/elisp.texi
index 1ff62118cdd..d667c51d788 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/elisp.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/elisp.texi
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ Format of Descriptions
 Lisp Data Types
 
 * Printed Representation::  How Lisp objects are represented as text.
+* Special Read Syntax::     An overview of all the special sequences.
 * Comments::                Comments and their formatting conventions.
 * Programming Types::       Types found in all Lisp systems.
 * Editing Types::           Types specific to Emacs.
diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
index 2becc6f2ced..7de632e102b 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
@@ -114,20 +114,20 @@ not be evaluated later.  @xref{Input Functions}, for a description of
   Emacs Lisp represents many special objects and constructs via
 special hash notations.
 
-@table @asis
-@item @samp{#<...>}
+@table @samp
+@item #<@dots{}>
 Objects that have no read syntax are presented like this
 (@pxref{Printed Representation}).
 
-@item @samp{##}
+@item ##
 The printed representation of an interned symbol whose name is an
 empty string (@pxref{Symbol Type}).
 
-@item @samp{#:}
+@item #:
 The printed representation of an uninterned symbol whose name is
 @var{foo} is @samp{#:@var{foo}} (@pxref{Symbol Type}).
 
-@item @samp{#N}
+@item #N
 When printing circular structures, this construct is used to represent
 where the structure loops back onto itself, and @samp{N} is the
 starting list count:
@@ -138,34 +138,34 @@ starting list count:
 => (1 . #0)
 @end lisp
 
-@item @samp{#N=}
-@itemx @samp{#N#}
+@item #N=
+@itemx #N#
 @samp{#N=} gives the name to an object, and @samp{#N#} represents that
 object, so when reading back the object, they will be the same object
 instead of copies (@pxref{Circular Objects}).
 
-@item @samp{#@@N}
+@item #@@N
 Skip the next @samp{N} characters (@pxref{Comments}).
 
-@item @samp{#xN}
+@item #xN
 @samp{N} represented as a hexadecimal number (@samp{#x2a}).
 
-@item @samp{#oN}
+@item #oN
 @samp{N} represented as an octal number (@samp{#o52}).
 
-@item @samp{#bN}
+@item #bN
 @samp{N} represented as a binary number (@samp{#b101010}).
 
-@item @samp{#(...)}
+@item #(@dots{})
 A string text properties (@pxref{Text Props and Strings}).
 
-@item @samp{#^}
+@item #^
 A char table (@pxref{Char-Table Type}).
 
-@item @samp{#s(hash-table ...)}
+@item #s(hash-table @dots{})
 A hash table (@pxref{Hash Table Type}).
 
-@item @samp{?C}
+@item ?C
 A character (@pxref{Basic Char Syntax}).
 @end table