diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf.in b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf.in
index 50f0e81a83..9d9139306e 100644
--- a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf.in
+++ b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf.in
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ifdef::doctype-book[]
 endif::doctype-book[]
 
 [literal-inlinemacro]
-{eval:re.sub(r'(&lt;[-a-zA-Z0-9.]+&gt;)', r'<emphasis>\1</emphasis>', re.sub(r'([\[\s|()>]|^|\]|&gt;)(\.?([-a-zA-Z0-9:+=~@,\\\*\/_^\$]+\.?)+)',r'\1<literal>\2</literal>', re.sub(r'(\.\.\.?)([^\]$.])', r'<literal>\1</literal>\2', macros.passthroughs[int(attrs['passtext'][1:-1])] if attrs['passtext'][1:-1].isnumeric() else attrs['passtext'][1:-1])))}
+{eval:re.sub(r'(&lt;[-a-zA-Z0-9.]+&gt;)', r'<emphasis>\1</emphasis>', re.sub(r'([\[\s|()>]|^|\]|&gt;)(\.?([-a-zA-Z0-9:+=~@\\\*\/_^\$]+\.?)+|,)',r'\1<literal>\2</literal>', re.sub(r'(\.\.\.?)([^\]$.])', r'<literal>\1</literal>\2', macros.passthroughs[int(attrs['passtext'][1:-1])] if attrs['passtext'][1:-1].isnumeric() else attrs['passtext'][1:-1])))}
 
 endif::backend-docbook[]
 
diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in b/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in
index 09156b71a4..8b7b161349 100644
--- a/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in
+++ b/Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ module Git
 
       def process parent, reader, attrs
         outlines = reader.lines.map do |l|
-          l.gsub(/(\.\.\.?)([^\]$.])/, '`\1`\2')
+          l.gsub(/(\.\.\.?)([^\]$\. ])/, '{empty}`\1`{empty}\2')
            .gsub(%r{([\[\] |()>]|^)([-a-zA-Z0-9:+=~@,/_^\$\\\*]+)}, '\1{empty}`\2`{empty}')
            .gsub(/(<[-a-zA-Z0-9.]+>)/, '__\\1__')
            .gsub(']', ']{empty}')
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ module Git
           # unhandled math; pass source to alt and required mathphrase element; dblatex will process alt as LaTeX math
           %(<inlineequation><alt><![CDATA[#{equation = node.text}]]></alt><mathphrase><![CDATA[#{equation}]]></mathphrase></inlineequation>)
         elsif type == :monospaced
-          node.text.gsub(/(\.\.\.?)([^\]$.])/, '<literal>\1</literal>\2')
-              .gsub(%r{([\[\s|()>.]|^|\]|&gt;)(\.?([-a-zA-Z0-9:+=~@,/_^\$\\\*]+\.{0,2})+)}, '\1<literal>\2</literal>')
+          node.text.gsub(/(\.\.\.?)([^\]$\.])/, '<literal>\1</literal>\2')
+              .gsub(/^\.\.\.?$/, '<literal>\0</literal>')
+              .gsub(%r{([\[\s|()>.]|^|\]|&gt;)(\.?([-a-zA-Z0-9:+=~@/_^\$\\\*]+\.{0,2})+|,)}, '\1<literal>\2</literal>')
               .gsub(/(&lt;[-a-zA-Z0-9.]+&gt;)/, '<emphasis>\1</emphasis>')
         else
           open, close, supports_phrase = QUOTE_TAGS[type]
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ module Git
       def convert_inline_quoted node
         if node.type == :monospaced
           node.text.gsub(/(\.\.\.?)([^\]$.])/, '<code>\1</code>\2')
+              .gsub(/^\.\.\.?$/, '<code>\0</code>')
               .gsub(%r{([\[\s|()>.]|^|\]|&gt;)(\.?([-a-zA-Z0-9:+=~@,/_^\$\\\*]+\.{0,2})+)}, '\1<code>\2</code>')
               .gsub(/(&lt;[-a-zA-Z0-9.]+&gt;)/, '<em>\1</em>')