diff --git a/source/basic.tex b/source/basic.tex
index c1e655f8bf..fac76cc483 100644
--- a/source/basic.tex
+++ b/source/basic.tex
@@ -2555,13 +2555,13 @@
 \end{footnote}
 \begin{itemize}
 \item
-if the search finds the injected-class-name of \tcode{C}\iref{class.pre}, or
+if the search finds the injected-class-name of $C$\iref{class.pre}, or
 \item
 if $N$ is dependent and
 is the terminal name of a \grammarterm{using-declarator}\iref{namespace.udecl}
 that names a constructor,
 \end{itemize}
-$N$ is instead considered to name the constructor of class \tcode{C}.
+$N$ is instead considered to name the constructor of class $C$.
 Such a constructor name shall be used only
 in the \grammarterm{declarator-id} of a (friend) declaration of a constructor or
 in a \grammarterm{using-declaration}.