diff --git a/R/db-interface.R b/R/db-interface.R
index b928ae303..eb61b4bd1 100644
--- a/R/db-interface.R
+++ b/R/db-interface.R
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #' Copy data model to data source
 #'
 #' @description
-#' `copy_dm_to()` takes a [dplyr::src_dbi] object or a [`DBI::DBIConnection-class`] object as its first argument
+#' `copy_dm_to()` takes a [`dplyr::src_dbi`] object or a [`DBI::DBIConnection-class`] object as its first argument
 #' and a [`dm`] object as its second argument.
 #' The latter is copied to the former.
 #' The default is to create temporary tables, set `temporary = FALSE` to create permanent tables.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #'
 #'   Not all DBMS are supported.
 #' @param table_names Desired names for the tables on `dest`; the names within the `dm` remain unchanged.
-#'   Can be `NULL`, a named character vector, or a vector of [DBI::Id] objects.
+#'   Can be `NULL`, a named character vector, or a vector of [`DBI::Id`] objects.
 #'
 #'   If left `NULL` (default), the names will be determined automatically depending on the `temporary` argument:
 #'
diff --git a/R/select.R b/R/select.R
index c70ba239c..4ca7ed425 100644
--- a/R/select.R
+++ b/R/select.R
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 #' Rename columns
 #'
 #' @description
-#' Rename the columns of your [`dm`] using syntax that is similar to `dplyr::rename()`.
+#' Rename the columns of your [`dm`] using syntax that is similar to [dplyr::rename()].
 #'
 #' @inheritParams dm_zoom_to
 #' @param ... One or more unquoted expressions separated by commas.
 #'   You can treat
-#'   variable names as if they were positions, and use expressions like x:y
+#'   variable names as if they were positions, and use expressions like `x:y`
 #'   to select the ranges of variables.
 #'
-#'   Use named arguments, e.g. new_name = old_name, to rename the selected variables.
+#'   Use named arguments, e.g. `new_name = old_name`, to rename the selected variables.
 #'
 #'   The arguments in ... are automatically quoted and evaluated in a context where
 #'   column names represent column positions.
 #'   They also support unquoting and splicing.
 #'   See `vignette("programming", package = "dplyr")` for an introduction to those concepts.
 #'
-#'   See select helpers for more details, and the examples about tidyselect helpers, such as starts_with(), everything(), ...
+#'   See select helpers for more details, and the examples about [tidyselect
+#'   helpers][tidyselect::select_helpers], such as `starts_with()`, `everything()`, etc.
 #'
 #' @details If key columns are renamed, then the meta-information of the `dm` is updated accordingly.
 #'
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ dm_rename <- function(dm, table, ...) {
 #' Select columns
 #'
 #' @description
-#' Select columns of your [`dm`] using syntax that is similar to `dplyr::select()`.
+#' Select columns of your [`dm`] using syntax that is similar to [dplyr::select()].
 #'
 #' @inheritParams dm_rename
 #' @details If key columns are renamed, then the meta-information of the `dm` is updated accordingly.
diff --git a/R/validate.R b/R/validate.R
index 6372eafcd..01889c4db 100644
--- a/R/validate.R
+++ b/R/validate.R
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ dm_validate <- function(x) {
 
 #' Validator
 #'
-#' `validate_dm()` has been replaced by `dm_validate()` for consistency.
+#' `validate_dm()` has been replaced by [dm_validate()] for consistency.
 #'
 #' @param x An object.
 #'
diff --git a/R/zzx-deprecated.R b/R/zzx-deprecated.R
index a5e9388e1..02f75b979 100644
--- a/R/zzx-deprecated.R
+++ b/R/zzx-deprecated.R
@@ -749,7 +749,8 @@ dm_squash_to_tbl <- function(dm, start, ..., join = left_join) {
 
 #' @description
 #' `rows_truncate()` is deprecated as of dm 1.0.0, because it's a DDL operation
-#' and requires different permissions than the `dplyr::rows_*()` functions.
+#' and requires different permissions than the
+#' [`dplyr::rows_*()`][dplyr::rows_insert()] functions.
 #'
 #' @rdname deprecated
 #' @keywords internal