diff --git a/documentation/bsp-manual/bsp.rst b/documentation/bsp-manual/bsp.rst
index dd613326942a..93af13f789d1 100644
--- a/documentation/bsp-manual/bsp.rst
+++ b/documentation/bsp-manual/bsp.rst
@@ -561,9 +561,7 @@ statements from the Raspberry Pi ``conf/layer.conf`` file::
 
    # Additional license directories.
    LICENSE_PATH += "${LAYERDIR}/files/custom-licenses"
-   .
-   .
-   .
+   # ... and so on for the rest of the file ...
 
 This file simply makes :term:`BitBake` aware of the recipes and configuration
 directories. The file must exist so that the OpenEmbedded build system can
diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/common.rst b/documentation/kernel-dev/common.rst
index 17b7dbac928f..555aadc76a6c 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/common.rst
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/common.rst
@@ -681,9 +681,9 @@ the ":ref:`kernel-dev/common:getting ready to develop using ``devtool```" Sectio
              printk("*************************************\n");
 
              if (per_cpu(cpu_loops_per_jiffy, this_cpu)) {
-                   .
-                   .
-                   .
+                   /*
+                    * ... remaining code unchanged ...
+                    */
 
 #. *Build the Updated Kernel Source:* To build the updated kernel
    source, use ``devtool``::
@@ -817,9 +817,9 @@ Section.
              printk("*************************************\n");
 
              if (per_cpu(cpu_loops_per_jiffy, this_cpu)) {
-                   .
-                   .
-                   .
+                   /*
+                    * ... remaining code unchanged ...
+                    */
 
 #. *Stage and Commit Your Changes:* Use standard Git commands to stage
    and commit the changes you just made::
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ looks much like the one provided with the ``hello-mod`` template::
 
    modules_install:
         $(MAKE) -C $(KERNEL_SRC) M=$(SRC) modules_install
-   ...
+   # ... remaining rules ...
 
 The important point to note here is the :term:`KERNEL_SRC` variable. The
 :ref:`ref-classes-module` class sets this variable and the :term:`KERNEL_PATH`
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.2.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.2.rst
index 5cb958e75047..a037e6f51c53 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.2.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/migration-3.2.rst
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ This also applies when conditionally adding packages to :term:`PACKAGES` where
 those packages have dependencies, for example (from the ``alsa-plugins`` recipe)::
 
     PACKAGES += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'pulseaudio', 'alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-conf', '', d)}"
-    ...
+    # ... elsewhere in the same recipe ...
     RDEPENDS_${PN}-pulseaudio-conf += "\
             ${MLPREFIX}libasound-module-conf-pulse \
             ${MLPREFIX}libasound-module-ctl-pulse \
diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
index 3bf672c78387..1e9c6d3a6f0b 100644
--- a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
+++ b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
@@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ accomplished using fakeroot.
    ``virtual/fakeroot-native:do_populate_sysroot``, giving the following::
 
       fakeroot do_mytask () {
-          ...
+          # ... steps to perform task here ...
       }
       do_mytask[depends] += "virtual/fakeroot-native:do_populate_sysroot"