diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index 3e2222ef8..eb0af8507 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -354,6 +354,10 @@ is now obselete.
 
 Now ~=...=~ markup uses ~@samp{}~ instead of ~@verb{}~.  You can use
 ~@verb{}~ again by customizing the variable.
+*** Texinfo exports inline src blocks as ~@code{}~
+
+It is possible to write an inline src block filter to use ~@verb{}~
+again.
 
 * Version 9.0
 
diff --git a/lisp/ox-texinfo.el b/lisp/ox-texinfo.el
index 488c95ab6..8c7d48cf7 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-texinfo.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-texinfo.el
@@ -873,9 +873,9 @@ See `org-texinfo-format-headline-function' for details."
   "Transcode an INLINE-SRC-BLOCK element from Org to Texinfo.
 CONTENTS holds the contents of the item.  INFO is a plist holding
 contextual information."
-  (let* ((code (org-element-property :value inline-src-block))
-	 (separator (org-texinfo--find-verb-separator code)))
-    (concat "@verb{" separator code separator "}")))
+  (format "@code{%s}"
+	  (org-texinfo--sanitize-content
+	   (org-element-property :value inline-src-block))))
 
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