--- a/doc/interpreter/emacs.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/emacs.txi
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 
 @item M-TAB
 Perform completion on Octave symbol preceding point, comparing that
-symbol against Octave's reserved words and builtin variables
+symbol against Octave's reserved words and built-in variables
 (@code{octave-complete-symbol}). 
 
 @item M-C-a
@@ -324,12 +324,9 @@
 functions (such as @samp{cd} or @samp{who}) which are also reserved
 using @code{font-lock-keyword-face}
 @item
-the builtin operators (@samp{&&}, @samp{<>}, @dots{}) using
+the built-in operators (@samp{&&}, @samp{<>}, @dots{}) using
 @code{font-lock-reference-face}
 @item
-the builtin variables (such as @samp{warn_fortran_indexing}, @samp{NaN}
-or @samp{EDITOR}) in @code{font-lock-variable-name-face}
-@item
 and the function names in function declarations in
 @code{font-lock-function-name-face}.
 @end itemize