diff --git a/doc/public/tmpl/cairo-version.sgml b/doc/public/tmpl/cairo-version.sgml
index 2e4acd6af..add888112 100644
--- a/doc/public/tmpl/cairo-version.sgml
+++ b/doc/public/tmpl/cairo-version.sgml
@@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ rather the many states between snapshots and releases.
 <para>
 Cairo provides the ability to examine the version at either
 compile-time or run-time and in both a human-readable form as well as
-an encoded form suitable for direct comparison. Cairo also provides a
-macro (CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE()) to perform the encoding.
+an encoded form suitable for direct comparison. Cairo also provides the
+macro CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE() to perform the encoding.
 </para>
 
 <para>
 <informalexample><programlisting>
 Compile-time
 ------------
-%CAIRO_VERSION_STRING	Human-readable
-%CAIRO_VERSION		Encoded, suitable for comparison
+CAIRO_VERSION_STRING	Human-readable
+CAIRO_VERSION		Encoded, suitable for comparison
 
 Run-time
 --------
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ For example, checking that the cairo version is greater than or equal
 to 1.0.0 could be achieved at compile-time or run-time as follows:
 
 <informalexample><programlisting>
-##if %CAIRO_VERSION >= %CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE(1, 0, 0)
-printf ("Compiling with suitable cairo version: %%s\n", %CAIRO_VERSION_STRING);
+##if CAIRO_VERSION >= CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE(1, 0, 0)
+printf ("Compiling with suitable cairo version: %s\n", %CAIRO_VERSION_STRING);
 ##endif
 
-if (cairo_version() >= %CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE(1, 0, 0))
-    printf ("Running with suitable cairo version: %%s\n", cairo_version_string ());
+if (cairo_version() >= CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE(1, 0, 0))
+    printf ("Running with suitable cairo version: %s\n", cairo_version_string ());
 </programlisting></informalexample>
 </para>
 </refsect2>