diff --git a/pep-0008.txt b/pep-0008.txt
index 6c5656ee0..da3c009e1 100644
--- a/pep-0008.txt
+++ b/pep-0008.txt
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ Programming Recommendations
 
   A bare ``except:`` clause will catch SystemExit and
   KeyboardInterrupt exceptions, making it harder to interrupt a
-  program with :kbd:`Control-C`, and can disguise other problems.  If you
+  program with Control-C, and can disguise other problems.  If you
   want to catch all exceptions that signal program errors, use
   ``except Exception:`` (bare except is equivalent to ``except
   BaseException:``).
diff --git a/pep-0352.txt b/pep-0352.txt
index eb8f06df0..12212d8a0 100644
--- a/pep-0352.txt
+++ b/pep-0352.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ interpreter should exit will not be caught and thus be allowed to
 propagate up and allow the interpreter to terminate.
 
 KeyboardInterrupt has been moved since users typically expect an
-application to exit when they press the interrupt key (usually :kbd:`Ctrl-C`).
+application to exit when they press the interrupt key (usually Ctrl-C).
 If people have overly broad ``except`` clauses the expected behaviour
 does not occur.
 
diff --git a/pep-0475.txt b/pep-0475.txt
index c408b964d..ea025bc69 100644
--- a/pep-0475.txt
+++ b/pep-0475.txt
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ as the timeout.  So the sleep can be interrupted by ``SIGINT``.
 interrupted.
 
 ``PyOS_StdioReadline()`` also used ``sigint_event`` when ``fgets()``
-failed to check if :kbd:`Ctrl-C` or :kbd:`Ctrl-Z` was pressed.
+failed to check if Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Z was pressed.
 
 
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