Index: man/cooledit.1
--- man/cooledit.1.orig
+++ man/cooledit.1
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ newline characters. A \fI"non"-paragraph\fP is one of 
 .TP
 .I   -
 Paragraphs containing any line that begins with the characters:
-.BR "-+*\,.;:&>".
+.BR "-+*\e,.;:&>".
 .TP
 .I   -
 Paragraphs containing any line (other than the first line) that begins 
@@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ displayed as follows on black:
 ^A - ^Z
 .TP
 .I 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
-^[, ^\, ^], ^^, ^_
+^[, ^\e, ^], ^^, ^_
 .TP
 .I 31-127
 Displayed as standard ascii in the normal background colour.
