diff --git a/src/vs/vscode.d.ts b/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
index c201468107cc1190793794f33d19550dc8557dd1..528e4befabe3b9f7bf9b0acd5c6127e7aedf0d80 100644
--- a/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/vscode.d.ts
@@ -1714,13 +1714,13 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 
 	/**
 	 * A file glob pattern to match file paths against. This can either be a glob pattern string
-	 * (like `**∕*.{ts,js}` or `*.{ts,js}`) or a [relative pattern](#RelativePattern).
+	 * (like `**\*.{ts,js}` or `*.{ts,js}`) or a [relative pattern](#RelativePattern).
 	 *
 	 * Glob patterns can have the following syntax:
 	 * * `*` to match one or more characters in a path segment
 	 * * `?` to match on one character in a path segment
 	 * * `**` to match any number of path segments, including none
-	 * * `{}` to group conditions (e.g. `**∕*.{ts,js}` matches all TypeScript and JavaScript files)
+	 * * `{}` to group conditions (e.g. `**\*.{ts,js}` matches all TypeScript and JavaScript files)
 	 * * `[]` to declare a range of characters to match in a path segment (e.g., `example.[0-9]` to match on `example.0`, `example.1`, …)
 	 * * `[!...]` to negate a range of characters to match in a path segment (e.g., `example.[!0-9]` to match on `example.a`, `example.b`, but not `example.0`)
 	 */
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 	 * its resource, or a glob-pattern that is applied to the [path](#TextDocument.fileName).
 	 *
 	 * @sample A language filter that applies to typescript files on disk: `{ language: 'typescript', scheme: 'file' }`
-	 * @sample A language filter that applies to all package.json paths: `{ language: 'json', pattern: '**∕package.json' }`
+	 * @sample A language filter that applies to all package.json paths: `{ language: 'json', pattern: '**\package.json' }`
 	 */
 	export interface DocumentFilter {
 
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 	 * and [language filters](#DocumentFilter).
 	 *
 	 * @sample `let sel:DocumentSelector = 'typescript'`;
-	 * @sample `let sel:DocumentSelector = ['typescript', { language: 'json', pattern: '**∕tsconfig.json' }]`;
+	 * @sample `let sel:DocumentSelector = ['typescript', { language: 'json', pattern: '**\tsconfig.json' }]`;
 	 */
 	export type DocumentSelector = string | DocumentFilter | (string | DocumentFilter)[];
 
@@ -5261,7 +5261,7 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 		/**
 		 * Find files across all [workspace folders](#workspace.workspaceFolders) in the workspace.
 		 *
-		 * @sample `findFiles('**∕*.js', '**∕node_modules∕**', 10)`
+		 * @sample `findFiles('**\*.js', '**\node_modules\**', 10)`
 		 * @param include A [glob pattern](#GlobPattern) that defines the files to search for. The glob pattern
 		 * will be matched against the file paths of resulting matches relative to their workspace. Use a [relative pattern](#RelativePattern)
 		 * to restrict the search results to a [workspace folder](#WorkspaceFolder).