diff --git a/manual/snippets.rst b/manual/snippets.rst
index e1bedf34c0..c32ddfac61 100644
--- a/manual/snippets.rst
+++ b/manual/snippets.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ placeholder (the placeholder with the lowest number). When you press |ct| again
the cursor jumps to the next placeholder (the placeholder with the next higher
number).
-Inserting an HTML link tag
+Inserting an HTML link tag [whatever text you selected
-Inserting a HTML image tag
+Inserting a HTML image tag [$3
-Insert an arbitrary HTML tag
+Insert an arbitrary HTML tag [<<]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This allows you to insert an arbitrary full HTML tag (or wrap previously
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ As you can see, the first placeholder ($1) has been specified twice, the second
time in the closing tag, which will simply copy whatever you type in the
opening tag.
-Inserting an arbitrary HTML tag with a class attribute
+Inserting an arbitrary HTML tag with a class attribute [