diff --git a/lisp/org-bibtex.el b/lisp/org-bibtex.el
index 137303a6a..4622702a5 100644
--- a/lisp/org-bibtex.el
+++ b/lisp/org-bibtex.el
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
     (:howpublished . "How something strange has been published.  The first word should be capitalized.")
     (:institution  . "The sponsoring institution of a technical report.")
     (:journal      . "A journal name.")
-    (:key          . "Used for alphabetizing, cross-referencing, and creating a label when the author information is missing.  This field should not be confused with the key that appears in the \cite command and at the beginning of the database entry.")
+    (:key          . "Used for alphabetizing, cross-referencing, and creating a label when the author information is missing.  This field should not be confused with the key that appears in the \\cite command and at the beginning of the database entry.")
     (:month        . "The month in which the work was published or, for an unpublished work, in which it was written.  You should use the standard three-letter abbreviation,")
     (:note         . "Any additional information that can help the reader.  The first word should be capitalized.")
     (:number       . "Any additional information that can help the reader.  The first word should be capitalized.")
diff --git a/lisp/org-docview.el b/lisp/org-docview.el
index 479f4ffc4..e3bf5fdb1 100644
--- a/lisp/org-docview.el
+++ b/lisp/org-docview.el
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       (setq path (org-link-escape (expand-file-name path)))
       (cond
        ((eq format 'html) (format "<a href=\"%s\">%s</a>" path desc))
-       ((eq format 'latex) (format "\href{%s}{%s}" path desc))
+       ((eq format 'latex) (format "\\href{%s}{%s}" path desc))
        ((eq format 'ascii) (format "%s (%s)" desc path))
        (t path)))))
 
diff --git a/lisp/org-entities.el b/lisp/org-entities.el
index cca42e348..112088d72 100644
--- a/lisp/org-entities.el
+++ b/lisp/org-entities.el
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ packages to be loaded, add these packages to `org-latex-packages-alist'."
      ("lessgtr" "\\lessgtr" t "&lessgtr;" "[less than or greater than]" "[less than or greater than]" "≶")
      ("lesseqgtr" "\\lesseqgtr" t "&lesseqgtr;" "[less than or equal or greater than or equal]" "[less than or equal or greater than or equal]" "⋚")
      ("ll" "\\ll" t  "&Lt;" "<<" "<<" "≪")
-     ("Ll" "\lll" t "&Ll;" "<<<" "<<<" "⋘")
-     ("lll" "\lll" t "&Ll;" "<<<" "<<<" "⋘")
+     ("Ll" "\\lll" t "&Ll;" "<<<" "<<<" "⋘")
+     ("lll" "\\lll" t "&Ll;" "<<<" "<<<" "⋘")
      ("gg" "\\gg" t  "&Gt;" ">>" ">>" "≫")
      ("Gg" "\\ggg" t "&Gg;" ">>>" ">>>" "⋙")
      ("ggg" "\\ggg" t "&Gg;" ">>>" ">>>" "⋙")
diff --git a/lisp/ox-icalendar.el b/lisp/ox-icalendar.el
index ae161517f..aefddf8ba 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-icalendar.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-icalendar.el
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ or subject for the event."
     ;; characters with literal \n.
     (replace-regexp-in-string
      "[ \t]*\n" "\\n"
-     (replace-regexp-in-string "[\\,;]" "\\\&" s)
+     (replace-regexp-in-string "[\\,;]" "\\\\\\&" s)
      nil t)))
 
 (defun org-icalendar-fold-string (s)