diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/multibyte.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/multibyte.rb
index 0542121e39bce..b74de3f126c34 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/multibyte.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/multibyte.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class String
   #   >> "lj".upcase
   #   => "LJ"
   #
-  # == Method chaining
+  # == \Method chaining
   #
   # All the methods on the Chars proxy which normally return a string will return a Chars object. This allows
   # method chaining on the result of any of these methods.
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/zones.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/zones.rb
index 8847358437df0..5f0d3c7f1e9b3 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/zones.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/zones.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def zone
     # This method accepts any of the following:
     #
     # * A \Rails TimeZone object.
-    # * An identifier for a \Rails TimeZone object (e.g., "Eastern Time (US & Canada)", <tt>-5.hours</tt>).
+    # * An identifier for a \Rails TimeZone object (e.g., "Eastern \Time (US & Canada)", <tt>-5.hours</tt>).
     # * A +TZInfo::Timezone+ object.
     # * An identifier for a +TZInfo::Timezone+ object (e.g., "America/New_York").
     #
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb
index 3e1045582eb25..0f3c99f962577 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/time_with_zone.rb
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def localtime(utc_offset = nil)
     end
     alias_method :getlocal, :localtime
 
-    # Returns true if the current time is within Daylight Savings Time for the
+    # Returns true if the current time is within Daylight Savings \Time for the
     # specified time zone.
     #
     #   Time.zone = 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'    # => 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'