@itemize
@item
-@code{'} and @code{\} are special characters (respectively used for
+@samp{'} and @samp{\} are special characters (respectively used for
quoting and escaping). In addition to them, there might be other
special characters depending on the specific syntax where the escaping
and quoting are employed.
@item
-A special character is escaped by prefixing it with a '\'.
+A special character is escaped by prefixing it with a @samp{\}.
@item
-All characters enclosed between '' are included literally in the
-parsed string. The quote character @code{'} itself cannot be quoted,
+All characters enclosed between @samp{''} are included literally in the
+parsed string. The quote character @samp{'} itself cannot be quoted,
so you may need to close the quote and escape it.
@item
@end example
@item
-To include a literal @code{\} you can use either escaping or quoting:
+To include a literal @samp{\} you can use either escaping or quoting:
@example
'c:\foo' can be written as c:\\foo
@end example