diff --git a/docs/highlighters/main.md b/docs/highlighters/main.md
index 02198cb..3459e90 100644
--- a/docs/highlighters/main.md
+++ b/docs/highlighters/main.md
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ This highlighter defines the following styles:
 * `history-expansion` - history expansion expressions (`!foo` and `^foo^bar`)
 * `single-hyphen-option` - single-hyphen options (`-o`)
 * `double-hyphen-option` - double-hyphen options (`--option`)
-* `back-quoted-argument` - backquoted expressions (`` `foo` ``)
-* `back-quoted-argument-unclosed` - unclosed backquoted expressions (`` `foo ``)
+* `back-quoted-argument` - backtick command substitution (`` `foo` ``)
+* `back-quoted-argument-unclosed` - unclosed backtick command substitution (`` `foo ``)
 * `single-quoted-argument` - single-quoted arguments (`` 'foo' ``)
 * `single-quoted-argument-unclosed` - unclosed single-quoted arguments (`` 'foo ``)
 * `double-quoted-argument` - double-quoted arguments (`` "foo" ``)
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ This highlighter defines the following styles:
 * `dollar-quoted-argument-unclosed` - unclosed dollar-quoted arguments (`` $'foo ``)
 * `rc-quote` - two single quotes inside single quotes when the `RC_QUOTES` option is set (`` 'foo''bar' ``)
 * `dollar-double-quoted-argument` - parameter expansion inside double quotes (`$foo` inside `""`)
-* `back-double-quoted-argument` -  back double quoted arguments (`\x` inside `""`)
-* `back-dollar-quoted-argument` -  back dollar quoted arguments (`\x` inside `$''`)
-* `assign` - parameter assignments
+* `back-double-quoted-argument` -  backslash escape sequences inside double-quoted arguments (`\"` in `"foo\"bar"`)
+* `back-dollar-quoted-argument` -  backslash escape sequences inside dollar-quoted arguments (`\x` in `$'\x48'`)
+* `assign` - parameter assignments (`x=foo` and `x=( )`)
 * `redirection` - redirection operators (`<`, `>`, etc)
 * `comment` - comments, when `setopt INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS` is in effect (`echo # foo`)
 * `arg0` - a command word other than one of those enumrated above (other than a command, precommand, alias, function, or shell builtin command).