(printf invocation): Fix formatting bugs.

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 85b0bb0c5c000692d91f8f095e74cdbf0e21e3d3..0646a6672ed40192a132ddc814a7b7910c744714 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -8454,11 +8454,12 @@ all of the given @var{argument}s.
 argument string with @samp{\} escapes interpreted in the same way as in
 the @var{format} string.
 
-@kindex \0ooo
-@kindex \xhh
-@command{printf} interprets @samp{\0ooo} in @var{format} as an octal number
+@kindex \@var{ooo}
+@kindex \x@var{hh}
+
+@command{printf} interprets @samp{\@var{ooo}} in @var{format} as an octal number
 (if @var{ooo} is 0 to 3 octal digits) specifying a character to print,
-and @samp{\xhh} as a hexadecimal number (if @var{hh} is 1 to 2 hex
+and @samp{\x@var{hh}} as a hexadecimal number (if @var{hh} is 1 to 2 hex
 digits) specifying a character to print.
 
 @kindex \uhhhh