diff --git a/glib/gregex.c b/glib/gregex.c
index 6dbb9bf10..7d9494a27 100644
--- a/glib/gregex.c
+++ b/glib/gregex.c
@@ -2698,35 +2698,14 @@ interpolation_list_needs_match (GList *list)
  * to the captured subexpression with the given name. '\0' refers to the
  * complete match, but '\0' followed by a number is the octal representation
  * of a character. To include a literal '\' in the replacement, write '\\'.
+ *
  * There are also escapes that changes the case of the following text:
  *
- * <variablelist>
- * <varlistentry><term>\l</term>
- * <listitem>
- * <para>Convert to lower case the next character</para>
- * </listitem>
- * </varlistentry>
- * <varlistentry><term>\u</term>
- * <listitem>
- * <para>Convert to upper case the next character</para>
- * </listitem>
- * </varlistentry>
- * <varlistentry><term>\L</term>
- * <listitem>
- * <para>Convert to lower case till \E</para>
- * </listitem>
- * </varlistentry>
- * <varlistentry><term>\U</term>
- * <listitem>
- * <para>Convert to upper case till \E</para>
- * </listitem>
- * </varlistentry>
- * <varlistentry><term>\E</term>
- * <listitem>
- * <para>End case modification</para>
- * </listitem>
- * </varlistentry>
- * </variablelist>
+ * - \l: Convert to lower case the next character
+ * - \u: Convert to upper case the next character
+ * - \L: Convert to lower case till \E
+ * - \U: Convert to upper case till \E
+ * - \E: End case modification
  *
  * If you do not need to use backreferences use g_regex_replace_literal().
  *