--- a/src/input.cc
+++ b/src/input.cc
@@ -671,8 +671,7 @@
 @noindent\n\
 If invoked without any arguments, @code{echo} toggles the current echo\n\
 state.\n\
-@end deffn\n\
-")
+@end deffn")
 {
   octave_value_list retval;
 
@@ -747,8 +746,7 @@
 might be controlling Octave and handling user input.  The current\n\
 command number is not incremented when this function is called.  This is\n\
 a feature, not a bug.\n\
-@end deftypefn\n\
-")
+@end deftypefn")
 {
   octave_value retval;
 
@@ -923,8 +921,7 @@
 @samp{boris} logged in on the host @samp{kremvax.kgb.su}.  Note that two\n\
 backslashes are required to enter a backslash into a string.\n\
 @xref{Strings}.\n\
-@end defvr\n\
-");
+@end defvr");
 
   DEFVAR (PS2, "> ", ps2,
     "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
@@ -934,18 +931,16 @@
 defining a function over several lines, Octave will print the value of\n\
 @code{PS1} at the beginning of each line after the first.  The default\n\
 value of @code{PS2} is @code{\"> \"}.\n\
-@end defvr\n\
-");
+@end defvr");
 
   DEFVAR (PS4, "+ ", ps4,
     "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @defvr {Built-in Variable} PS4\n\
 If Octave is invoked with the @code{--echo-input} option, the value of\n\
 @code{PS4} is printed before each line of input that is echoed.  The\n\
-default value of @code{PS4} is @code{"+ "}.  @xref{Invoking Octave}, for\n\
+default value of @code{PS4} is @code{\"+ \"}.  @xref{Invoking Octave}, for\n\
 a description of @code{--echo-input}.\n\
-@end defvr\n\
-");
+@end defvr");
 
   DEFVAR (completion_append_char, " ", completion_append_char,
     "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
@@ -953,8 +948,7 @@
 The value of @code{completion_append_char} is used as the character to\n\
 append to successful command-line completion attempts.  The default\n\
 value is @code{\" \"} (a single space).\n\
-@end defvr\n\
-");
+@end defvr");
 
   DEFVAR (echo_executing_commands, static_cast<double> (ECHO_OFF),
 	  echo_executing_commands,
@@ -979,8 +973,8 @@
 \n\
 The value of @code{echo_executing_commands} is set by the @kbd{echo}\n\
 command and the command line option @code{--echo-input}.\n\
-@end defvr\n\
-");
+@end defvr");
+
 }
 
 /*