diff --git a/lib/rscons/environment.rb b/lib/rscons/environment.rb
index 031013e..218d124 100644
--- a/lib/rscons/environment.rb
+++ b/lib/rscons/environment.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Rscons
   # contains a collection of construction variables, options, builders, and
   # rules for building targets.
   class Environment
-    # @return [Hash] Set of \{"builder_name" => builder_object} pairs.
+    # @return [Hash] Set of !{"builder_name" => builder_object} pairs.
     attr_reader :builders
 
     # :command, :short, or :off
diff --git a/lib/rscons/varset.rb b/lib/rscons/varset.rb
index 0f9eee8..3c617b9 100644
--- a/lib/rscons/varset.rb
+++ b/lib/rscons/varset.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ module Rscons
     end
     alias_method :clone, :merge
 
-    # Replace "$\{var}" variable references in varref with the expanded
+    # Replace "$!{var}" variable references in varref with the expanded
     # variables' values, recursively.
     #
     # @param varref [nil, String, Array, Proc]
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module Rscons
     #   Arguments to pass to any lambda variable values to be expanded.
     #
     # @return [nil, String, Array]
-    #   Expanded value with "$\{var}" variable references replaced.
+    #   Expanded value with "$!{var}" variable references replaced.
     def expand_varref(varref, lambda_args)
       if varref.is_a?(String)
         if varref =~ /^(.*)\$\{([^}]+)\}(.*)$/