diff --git a/doc/devdocs/stdio.rst b/doc/devdocs/stdio.rst
index 0c0395aa65a86..be76537a3c84d 100644
--- a/doc/devdocs/stdio.rst
+++ b/doc/devdocs/stdio.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ In special cases, like signal handlers, where the full ``libuv``
 infrastructure is too heavy, :func:`jl_safe_printf` can be used to
 :func:`write(2) <Base.write>` directly to :data:`STDERR_FILENO`::
 
-    void jl_safe_printf(const char \*str, ...);
+    void jl_safe_printf(const char *str, ...);
 
 
 
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ bound to the :code:`JL_STD*` `libuv <http://docs.libuv.org>`_ streams
 defined in the runtime.
 
 Julia's :c:func:`__init__` function (in ``base/sysimg.jl``) calls
-c:func:`reinit_stdio` (in ``base/stream.jl``) to create Julia objects
+:c:func:`reinit_stdio` (in ``base/stream.jl``) to create Julia objects
 for :data:`Base.STDIN`, :data:`Base.STDOUT` and :data:`Base.STDERR`.
 
-c:func:`reinit_stdio` uses :func:`ccall` to retrieve pointers to
+:c:func:`reinit_stdio` uses :func:`ccall` to retrieve pointers to
 :code:`JL_STD*` and calls :c:func:`jl_uv_handle_type` to inspect
 the type of each stream.  It then creates a Julia :obj:`Base.File`,
 :obj:`Base.TTY` or :obj:`Base.Pipe` object to represent each
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ The ``libuv`` streams relied upon by :c:func:`jl_printf` etc., are not
 available until midway through initialisation of the runtime (see
 ``init.c``, :c:func:`init_stdio`).  Error messages or warnings that need
 to be printed before this are routed to the standard C library
-c:func:`fwrite` function by the following mechanism:
+:c:func:`fwrite` function by the following mechanism:
 
 In ``sys.c``, the :code:`JL_STD*` stream pointers are statically initialised
 to integer constants: ``STD*_FILENO (0, 1 and 2)``. In ``jl_uv.c`` the