diff --git a/loop_docs-19.sh b/loop_docs-19.sh
index 17cf9a32..824762eb 100644
--- a/loop_docs-19.sh
+++ b/loop_docs-19.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ else
     SED_INPLACE="sed -i ''"
 fi
 
-$SED_INPLACE 's/\\<empty>/<empty\\>/' versioned_docs/version-1.19/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/\\<empty/<empty/' versioned_docs/version-1.19/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/<empty>/<empty\\>/' versioned_docs/version-1.19/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
 $SED_INPLACE 's/^url:.*//' versioned_docs/version-1.19/intro.md
 $SED_INPLACE 's/^slug:.*/slug: \//' versioned_docs/version-1.19/intro.md
 $SED_INPLACE 's/.\/guidelines-frontend.md/.\/guidelines-frontend/' versioned_docs/version-1.19/development/hacking-on-gitea.en-us.md
diff --git a/loop_docs.sh b/loop_docs.sh
index dc24588f..d486c514 100644
--- a/loop_docs.sh
+++ b/loop_docs.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ else
     SED_INPLACE="sed -i ''"
 fi
 
-$SED_INPLACE 's/\\<empty>/<empty\\>/' docs/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/\\<empty/<empty/' docs/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+$SED_INPLACE 's/<empty>/<empty\\>/' docs/administration/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
 $SED_INPLACE 's/^url:.*//' docs/intro.md
 $SED_INPLACE 's/^slug:.*/slug: \//' docs/intro.md
 $SED_INPLACE 's/.\/guidelines-frontend.md/.\/guidelines-frontend/' docs/development/hacking-on-gitea.en-us.md