diff --git a/reference/datetime/formats.xml b/reference/datetime/formats.xml
index 7a25c96850..75d90c7b35 100644
--- a/reference/datetime/formats.xml
+++ b/reference/datetime/formats.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><literal>tzcorrection</literal></entry>
-      <entry>"GMT"? [+-]<literal>hh</literal>:?<literal>MM</literal>?</entry>
+      <entry>"GMT"? [+-] <literal>hh</literal> ":"? <literal>MM</literal>?</entry>
       <entry>"+0400", "GMT-07:00", "-07:00"</entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry>Day and textual month</entry>
-      <entry><literal>d</literal> ([ .\textbackslash t-])* <literal>m</literal></entry>
+      <entry><literal>d</literal> ([ .\t-])* <literal>m</literal></entry>
       <entry>"1 July", "17 Apr", "9.May"</entry>
      </row>
      <row>
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry><literal>tzcorrection</literal></entry>
-      <entry>"GMT"? [+-]<literal>hh</literal>:?<literal>MM</literal>?</entry>
+      <entry>"GMT"? [+-] <literal>hh</literal> ":"? <literal>MM</literal>?</entry>
       <entry>"+0400", "GMT-07:00", "-07:00"</entry>
      </row>
      <row>