diff --git a/lisp/arc-mode.el b/lisp/arc-mode.el
index 6c9ceb0b5a8..83c516100ab 100644
--- a/lisp/arc-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/arc-mode.el
@@ -660,11 +660,11 @@ Does not signal an error if optional argument NOERROR is non-nil."
 (defun archive-mode (&optional force)
   "Major mode for viewing an archive file in a dired-like way.
 You can move around using the usual cursor motion commands.
-Letters no longer insert themselves.
-Type `e' to pull a file out of the archive and into its own buffer;
+Letters no longer insert themselves.\\<archive-mode-map>
+Type \\[archive-extract] to pull a file out of the archive and into its own buffer;
 or click mouse-2 on the file's line in the archive mode buffer.
 
-If you edit a sub-file of this archive (as with the `e' command) and
+If you edit a sub-file of this archive (as with the \\[archive-extract] command) and
 save it, the contents of that buffer will be saved back into the
 archive.
 
diff --git a/lisp/ibuffer.el b/lisp/ibuffer.el
index 78ae2705a91..b484dd717ca 100644
--- a/lisp/ibuffer.el
+++ b/lisp/ibuffer.el
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ buffers which are visiting a file."
 (defun ibuffer (&optional other-window-p name qualifiers noselect
 			  shrink filter-groups formats)
   "Begin using Ibuffer to edit a list of buffers.
-Type `h' after entering ibuffer for more information.
+Type \\<ibuffer-mode-map>\\[describe-mode] after entering ibuffer for more information.
 
 All arguments are optional.
 OTHER-WINDOW-P says to use another window.
diff --git a/lisp/tar-mode.el b/lisp/tar-mode.el
index 59f7c87e99b..fa9b47556f7 100644
--- a/lisp/tar-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/tar-mode.el
@@ -685,12 +685,12 @@ For instance, if mode is #o700, then it produces `rwx------'."
 (define-derived-mode tar-mode special-mode "Tar"
   "Major mode for viewing a tar file as a dired-like listing of its contents.
 You can move around using the usual cursor motion commands.
-Letters no longer insert themselves.
-Type `e' to pull a file out of the tar file and into its own buffer;
+Letters no longer insert themselves.\\<tar-mode-map>
+Type \\[tar-extract] to pull a file out of the tar file and into its own buffer;
 or click mouse-2 on the file's line in the Tar mode buffer.
-Type `c' to copy an entry from the tar file into another file on disk.
+Type \\[tar-copy] to copy an entry from the tar file into another file on disk.
 
-If you edit a sub-file of this archive (as with the `e' command) and
+If you edit a sub-file of this archive (as with the \\[tar-extract] command) and
 save it with \\[save-buffer], the contents of that buffer will be
 saved back into the tar-file buffer; in this way you can edit a file
 inside of a tar archive without extracting it and re-archiving it.
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/table.el b/lisp/textmodes/table.el
index 06785e458b2..60122b2fac1 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/table.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/table.el
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ Move the point under the table as shown below.
     +--------------+------+--------------------------------+
     -!-
 
-Type M-x table-insert-row instead of \\[table-insert-row-column].  \\[table-insert-row-column] does not work
+Type \\[table-insert-row] instead of \\[table-insert-row-column].  \\[table-insert-row-column] does not work
 when the point is outside of the table.  This insertion at
 outside of the table effectively appends a row at the end.