diff --git a/source/utilities.tex b/source/utilities.tex
index 59b3a9d447..e515e32801 100644
--- a/source/utilities.tex
+++ b/source/utilities.tex
@@ -10775,9 +10775,7 @@
     // \tcode{\placeholder{M}} is the \impldef{number of placeholders for bind expressions} number of placeholders
     @\seebelownc@ _1;                                                                   // freestanding
     @\seebelownc@ _2;                                                                   // freestanding
-               .
-               .
-               .
+               @\vdots@
     @\seebelownc@ _@\placeholdernc{M}@;                                                                   // freestanding
   }
 
@@ -12954,13 +12952,11 @@
 % "namespace placeholders" in [functional.syn]?
 \begin{codeblock}
 namespace std::placeholders {
-  // M is the number of placeholders
+  // \tcode{\placeholder{M}} is the number of placeholders
   @\seebelow@ _1;
   @\seebelow@ _2;
-              .
-              .
-              .
-  @\seebelow@ _M;
+             @\itcorr\vdots@
+  @\seebelow@ _@\placeholdernc{M}@;
 }
 \end{codeblock}