diff --git a/src/core/os.c b/src/core/os.c
index 2660580d..4cde4c2a 100644
--- a/src/core/os.c
+++ b/src/core/os.c
@@ -1121,8 +1121,8 @@ JANET_CORE_FN(os_spawn,
               "Execute a program on the system and return a handle to the process. Otherwise, takes the "
               "same arguments as `os/execute`. Does not wait for the process. "
               "For each of the :in, :out, and :err keys to the `env` argument, one "
-              "can also pass in the keyword `:pipe`"
-              "to get streams for standard IO of the subprocess that can be read from and written to."
+              "can also pass in the keyword `:pipe` "
+              "to get streams for standard IO of the subprocess that can be read from and written to. "
               "The returned value `proc` has the fields :in, :out, :err, :return-code, and "
               "the additional field :pid on unix-like platforms. Use `(os/proc-wait proc)` to rejoin the "
               "subprocess or `(os/proc-kill proc)`.") {
@@ -2036,23 +2036,23 @@ JANET_CORE_FN(os_open,
               "Allowed flags are as follows:\n\n"
               "  * :r - open this file for reading\n"
               "  * :w - open this file for writing\n"
-              "  * :c - create a new file (O_CREATE)\n"
-              "  * :e - fail if the file exists (O_EXCL)\n"
-              "  * :t - shorten an existing file to length 0 (O_TRUNC)\n\n"
+              "  * :c - create a new file (O\\_CREATE)\n"
+              "  * :e - fail if the file exists (O\\_EXCL)\n"
+              "  * :t - shorten an existing file to length 0 (O\\_TRUNC)\n\n"
               "Posix-only flags:\n\n"
-              "  * :a - append to a file (O_APPEND)\n"
-              "  * :x - O_SYNC\n"
-              "  * :C - O_NOCTTY\n\n"
+              "  * :a - append to a file (O\\_APPEND)\n"
+              "  * :x - O\\_SYNC\n"
+              "  * :C - O\\_NOCTTY\n\n"
               "Windows-only flags:\n\n"
-              "  * :R - share reads (FILE_SHARE_READ)\n"
-              "  * :W - share writes (FILE_SHARE_WRITE)\n"
-              "  * :D - share deletes (FILE_SHARE_DELETE)\n"
-              "  * :H - FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN\n"
-              "  * :O - FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY\n"
-              "  * :F - FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OFFLINE\n"
-              "  * :T - FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY\n"
-              "  * :d - FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE\n"
-              "  * :b - FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING\n") {
+              "  * :R - share reads (FILE\\_SHARE\\_READ)\n"
+              "  * :W - share writes (FILE\\_SHARE\\_WRITE)\n"
+              "  * :D - share deletes (FILE\\_SHARE\\_DELETE)\n"
+              "  * :H - FILE\\_ATTRIBUTE\\_HIDDEN\n"
+              "  * :O - FILE\\_ATTRIBUTE\\_READONLY\n"
+              "  * :F - FILE\\_ATTRIBUTE\\_OFFLINE\n"
+              "  * :T - FILE\\_ATTRIBUTE\\_TEMPORARY\n"
+              "  * :d - FILE\\_FLAG\\_DELETE\\_ON\\_CLOSE\n"
+              "  * :b - FILE\\_FLAG\\_NO\\_BUFFERING\n") {
     janet_arity(argc, 1, 3);
     const char *path = janet_getcstring(argv, 0);
     const uint8_t *opt_flags = janet_optkeyword(argv, argc, 1, (const uint8_t *) "r");