diff --git a/scribble-doc/scribblings/scribble/manual.scrbl b/scribble-doc/scribblings/scribble/manual.scrbl
index ed9d0a2ecc..aacc4889e8 100644
--- a/scribble-doc/scribblings/scribble/manual.scrbl
+++ b/scribble-doc/scribblings/scribble/manual.scrbl
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ A few other escapes are recognized symbolically:
       the sequence of @racket[_datum]s (including its coloring), but prefixed with a
       semi-colon.}
 
- @item{@racket[(#,(indexed-racket code:contract#) _datum ...)] is like
+ @item{@racket[(#,(indexed-racket code:contract#) _datum)] is like
        @racket[code:contract], but uses #; to prefix the contract.}
 
  @item{@as-index[@racketidfont{code:blank}] typesets as a blank space.}
diff --git a/scribble-lib/scribble/racket.rkt b/scribble-lib/scribble/racket.rkt
index aeef695ca4..397baf33ea 100644
--- a/scribble-lib/scribble/racket.rkt
+++ b/scribble-lib/scribble/racket.rkt
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@
           [(and escapes?
                 (pair? (syntax-e c))
                 (eq? (syntax-e (car (syntax-e c))) 'code:quote))
+           (check-1-c c)
            (advance c init-line! srcless-step)
            (let ([quote-depth (to-quoted c expr? quote-depth out color? inc-src-col)])
              (out "(" (if (positive? quote-depth) value-color paren-color))