diff --git a/api.lisp b/api.lisp
index 3de391a..9b0d451 100644
--- a/api.lisp
+++ b/api.lisp
@@ -1224,8 +1224,8 @@ sections. These sections may nest."
 (let* ((*use-bmh-matchers* nil)
        (comment-scanner (create-scanner "(?s)\\(\\?#.*?\\)"))
        (extended-comment-scanner (create-scanner "(?m:#.*?$)|(?s:\\(\\?#.*?\\))"))
-       (quote-token-scanner "\\\\[QE]")
-       (quote-token-replace-scanner "\\\\([QE])"))
+       (quote-token-scanner (create-scanner "\\\\[QE]"))
+       (quote-token-replace-scanner (create-scanner "\\\\([QE])")))
   (defun clean-comments (string &optional extended-mode)
     "Clean \(?#...) comments within STRING for quoting, i.e. convert
 \\Q to Q and \\E to E.  If EXTENDED-MODE is true, also clean
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index 89e5096..3277cb6 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@ read.
 <ul>
   <li>A lot of hackers (especially users of Perl and other scripting
   languages) think that regular expressions are the greatest thing
-  since slice bread and use it for almost everything.  That is just
+  since sliced bread and use it for almost everything.  That is just
   plain wrong.  Other hackers (especially Lispers) tend to think that
   regular expressions are the work of the devil and try to avoid them
   at all cost.  That's also wrong.  Regular expressions are a handy