diff --git a/1985/sicherman/sicherman.c b/1985/sicherman/sicherman.c
index 716c27aab..de40540c0 100644
--- a/1985/sicherman/sicherman.c
+++ b/1985/sicherman/sicherman.c
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ char **V;*/
 {
 	char _,__;
 	while (read(0,&__,1) & write((_=(_=~' '&__,/*/)),
-	_C_,1)) _=/*/-('\b'*'\b'>=_|_>'\t'*'\n'))?__:__-_+
-	'\b'*'\b'|((_-52)%('\b'*'\b'+~' '&'\t'*'\n')+1),1),
+	_C_,1)) _=/*/-('\b'b'\b'>=_|_>'\t'b'\n'))?__:__-_+
+	'\b'b'\b'|((_-52)%('\b'b'\b'+~' '&'\t'b'\n')+1),1),
 	&_,1))/*_=C-V+subr(&V)*/;
 }
 
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index 2c40cc5e1..0e1e8dbc0 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ replaced for actual code so that instead of having the while loop condition as:
     we have it as:
 
 	while (read(0,&__,1) & write((_=(_=~' '&__,/*/)),
-        _C_,1)) _=/*/-('\b'*'\b'>=_|_>'\t'*'\n'))?__:__-_+
-        '\b'*'\b'|((_-52)%('\b'*'\b'+~' '&'\t'*'\n')+1),1),
-        &_,1))/*_=C-V+subr(&V)*/;
+	_C_,1)) _=/*/-('\b'b'\b'>=_|_>'\t'b'\n'))?__:__-_+
+	'\b'b'\b'|((_-52)%('\b'b'\b'+~' '&'\t'b'\n')+1),1),
+	&_,1))/*_=C-V+subr(&V)*/;
 
 - Finally, the function `subr()` cannot be called in the body of the `while()`
 loop as calling it will result in incorrect output, once you even get it to