diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/mbrtowc.3 b/lib/libc/locale/mbrtowc.3
index ae5f5da4b80a..10160d1916fd 100644
--- a/lib/libc/locale/mbrtowc.3
+++ b/lib/libc/locale/mbrtowc.3
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ was
 .Dv NULL ,
 .Fa s
 was an empty string
-.Pq Qq \&
+.Pq Qq
 and
 .Fa n
 was 1.
diff --git a/lib/libc/rpc/publickey.3 b/lib/libc/rpc/publickey.3
index 64fe080f58b8..d0ad6ccda8fb 100644
--- a/lib/libc/rpc/publickey.3
+++ b/lib/libc/rpc/publickey.3
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fails to decrypt the secret key, the routine will return 1 but the
 argument will be a
 .Dv NULL
 string
-.Pq Dq \& .
+.Pq Dq .
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr publickey 5
 .Pp
diff --git a/lib/libkvm/kvm_getloadavg.3 b/lib/libkvm/kvm_getloadavg.3
index 006bfadc6c2d..6587b1a913fc 100644
--- a/lib/libkvm/kvm_getloadavg.3
+++ b/lib/libkvm/kvm_getloadavg.3
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ averaged over various periods of time.
 Up to
 .Fa nelem
 samples are retrieved and assigned to successive elements of
-.Fa loadavg Ns Bq \& .
+.Fa loadavg Ns Bq .
 The system imposes a maximum of 3 samples, representing averages
 over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes, respectively.
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
diff --git a/usr.bin/c89/c89.1 b/usr.bin/c89/c89.1
index a31422648d0f..82acf37fbca7 100644
--- a/usr.bin/c89/c89.1
+++ b/usr.bin/c89/c89.1
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ absolute pathnames to look in the directory named by the
 pathname before looking in the usual places.
 Thus, headers whose
 names are enclosed in double-quotes
-.Pq Qq \&
+.Pq Qq
 will be searched for first
 in the directory of the file with the
 .Ic #include
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ directories named in
 .Fl I
 options, and last in the usual places.
 For headers whose names are enclosed in angle brackets
-.Pq Aq \& ,
+.Pq Aq ,
 the header
 will be searched for only in directories named in
 .Fl I
diff --git a/usr.bin/c99/c99.1 b/usr.bin/c99/c99.1
index 2e36771d43bf..36864956cc1e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/c99/c99.1
+++ b/usr.bin/c99/c99.1
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ absolute pathnames to look in the directory named by the
 pathname before looking in the usual places.
 Thus, headers whose
 names are enclosed in double-quotes
-.Pq Qq \&
+.Pq Qq
 will be searched for first
 in the directory of the file with the
 .Ic #include
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ directories named in
 .Fl I
 options, and last in the usual places.
 For headers whose names are enclosed in angle brackets
-.Pq Aq \& ,
+.Pq Aq ,
 the header
 will be searched for only in directories named in
 .Fl I
diff --git a/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1 b/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1
index 4eaf64efb7de..81b3c41ba495 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1
+++ b/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1
@@ -354,9 +354,9 @@ is run as non-root.
 .It Fl Fl numeric-owner
 This is equivalent to
 .Fl Fl uname
-.Qq \&
+.Qq
 .Fl Fl gname
-.Qq \& .
+.Qq .
 On extract, it causes user and group names in the archive
 to be ignored in favor of the numeric user and group ids.
 On create, it causes user and group names to not be stored
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ancontrol/ancontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/ancontrol/ancontrol.8
index 13da6ab3978f..5ce4377ab90f 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ancontrol/ancontrol.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/ancontrol/ancontrol.8
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Set a WEP key.
 For 40 bit prefix 10 hex character with 0x.
 For 128 bit prefix 26 hex character with 0x.
 Use
-.Qq \&
+.Qq
 as the key to erase the key.
 Supports 4 keys; even numbers are for permanent keys
 and odd number are for temporary keys.