--- doc/bash.1	2022-09-06 17:47:57.750338254 +0200
+++ doc/bash.1	2022-09-11 13:02:24.019348155 +0200
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@
 .B PARAMETERS
 below).
 .PP
-Words of the form \fB$\fP\(aq\fIstring\fP\(aq are treated specially.  The
+Words of the form \fB$\fP'\fIstring\fP' are treated specially.  The
 word expands to \fIstring\fP, with backslash-escaped characters replaced
 as specified by the ANSI C standard.  Backslash escape sequences, if
 present, are decoded as follows:
@@ -1167,10 +1167,10 @@
 .B \e\e
 backslash
 .TP
-.B \e\(aq
+.B \e'
 single quote
 .TP
-.B \e\(dq
+.B \e"
 double quote
 .TP
 .B \e?
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@
 The expanded result is single-quoted, as if the dollar sign had
 not been present.
 .PP
-A double-quoted string preceded by a dollar sign (\fB$\fP\(dq\fIstring\fP\(dq)
+A double-quoted string preceded by a dollar sign (\fB$"\fP\fIstring\fP\fB"\fP)
 will cause the string to be translated according to the current locale.
 The \fIgettext\fP infrastructure performs the message catalog lookup and
 translation, using the \fBLC_MESSAGES\fP and \fBTEXTDOMAIN\fP shell
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@
 Example:
 .RS
 .PP
-\fBMAILPATH\fP=\(aq/var/mail/bfox?"You have mail":~/shell\-mail?"$_ has mail!"\(aq
+\fBMAILPATH\fP='/var/mail/bfox?"You have mail":~/shell\-mail?"$_ has mail!"'
 .PP
 .B Bash
 can be configured to supply
@@ -2567,24 +2567,24 @@
 .RS
 .PD 0
 .TP 10
-.B %%
+\fB%%\fP
 A literal \fB%\fP.
 .TP
-.B %[\fIp\fP][l]R
+\fB%\fP[\fIp\fP][\fBl\fP]\fBR\fP
 The elapsed time in seconds.
 .TP
-.B %[\fIp\fP][l]U
+\fB%\fP[\fIp\fP][\fBl\fP]\fBU\fP
 The number of CPU seconds spent in user mode.
 .TP
-.B %[\fIp\fP][l]S
+\fB%\fP[\fIp\fP][\fBl\fP]\fBS\fP
 The number of CPU seconds spent in system mode.
 .TP
 .B %P
-The CPU percentage, computed as (%U + %S) / %R.
+The CPU percentage, computed as (\fB%U\fP + \fB%S\fP) / \fB%R\fP.
 .PD
 .RE
 .IP
-The optional \fIp\fP is a digit specifying the \fIprecision\fP,
+The optional \fIp\fP is a digit specifying the precision, i.e.
 the number of fractional digits after a decimal point.
 A value of 0 causes no decimal point or fraction to be output.
 At most three places after the decimal point may be specified;
@@ -2597,7 +2597,13 @@
 included.
 .IP
 If this variable is not set, \fBbash\fP acts as if it had the
-value \fB$\(aq\enreal\et%3lR\enuser\et%3lU\ensys\et%3lS\(aq\fP.
+value ...
+.RS 15
+.IP \fCreal	%3lR\fP
+.IP \fCuser	%3lU\fP
+.IP \fCsys	%3lS\fP
+.RE
+.IP
 If the value is null, no timing information is displayed.
 A trailing newline is added when the format string is displayed.
 .PD 0
@@ -3409,7 +3415,7 @@
 .TP
 .B E
 The expansion is a string that is the value of \fIparameter\fP with backslash
-escape sequences expanded as with the \fB$'...'\fP quoting mechanism.
+escape sequences expanded as with the \fB$'\fP\fIstring\fP\fB'\fP quoting mechanism.
 .TP
 .B P
 The expansion is a string that is the result of expanding the value of
@@ -3605,7 +3611,7 @@
 .B IFS
 is null, no word splitting occurs.
 .PP
-Explicit null arguments (\^\f3"\^"\fP or \^\f3\(aq\^\(aq\fP\^) are retained
+Explicit null arguments (\^\f3"\^"\fP or \^\f3'\^'\fP\^) are retained
 and passed to commands as empty strings.
 Unquoted implicit null arguments, resulting from the expansion of
 parameters that have no values, are removed.
@@ -3615,7 +3621,7 @@
 When a quoted null argument appears as part of a word whose expansion is
 non-null, the null argument is removed.
 That is, the word
-\f(CW\-d\(aq\^\(aq\fP becomes \f(CW\-d\fP after word splitting and
+\f(CW\-d'\^'\fP becomes \f(CW\-d\fP after word splitting and
 null argument removal.
 .PP
 Note that if no expansion occurs, no splitting
@@ -3883,7 +3889,7 @@
 After the preceding expansions, all unquoted occurrences of the
 characters
 .BR \e ,
-.BR \(aq ,
+.BR ' ,
 and \^\f3"\fP\^ that did not result from one of the above
 expansions are removed.
 .SH REDIRECTION
@@ -5655,8 +5661,8 @@
 .B \e"
 literal "
 .TP
-.B \e\(aq
-literal \(aq
+.B \e'
+literal '
 .RE
 .PD
 .PP
@@ -5704,7 +5710,7 @@
 Unquoted text is assumed to be a function name.
 In the macro body, the backslash escapes described above are expanded.
 Backslash will quote any other character in the macro text,
-including " and \(aq.
+including " and '.
 .PP
 .B Bash
 allows the current readline key bindings to be displayed or modified
@@ -10097,7 +10103,7 @@
 \fBPathname Expansion\fP are enabled.
 .TP 8
 .B extquote
-If set, \fB$\fP\(aq\fIstring\fP\(aq and \fB$\fP"\fIstring\fP" quoting is
+If set, \fB$'\fP\fIstring\fP\fB'\fP and \fB$"\fP\fIstring\fP\fB"\fP quoting is
 performed within \fB${\fP\fIparameter\fP\fB}\fP expansions
 enclosed in double quotes.  This option is enabled by default.
 .TP 8