diff --git a/doc/help/commands.asciidoc b/doc/help/commands.asciidoc
index eb76fa84f..d13f20ead 100644
--- a/doc/help/commands.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/help/commands.asciidoc
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@ In qutebrowser, all keybindings are mapped to commands.
 Some commands are hidden, which means they don't show up in the command
 completion when pressing `:`, as they're typically not useful to run by hand.
 
-In the commandline, there are also some variables you can use:
+For command arguments, there are also some variables you can use:
 
 - `{url}` expands to the URL of the current page
 - `{url:pretty}` expands to the URL in decoded format
 - `{clipboard}` expands to the clipboard contents
 - `{primary}` expands to the primary selection contents
 
+It is possible to run or bind multiple commands by separating them with `;;`.
+
 == Normal commands
 .Quick reference
 [options="header",width="75%",cols="25%,75%"]
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ In the commandline, there are also some variables you can use:
 === adblock-update
 Update the adblock block lists.
 
-This updates ~/.local/share/qutebrowser/blocked-hosts with downloaded host lists and re-reads ~/.config/qutebrowser/blocked-hosts.
+This updates `~/.local/share/qutebrowser/blocked-hosts` with downloaded host lists and re-reads `~/.config/qutebrowser/blocked-hosts`.
 
 [[back]]
 === back
@@ -724,8 +726,6 @@ Syntax: +:set-cmd-text [*--space*] [*--append*] 'text'+
 
 Preset the statusbar to some text.
 
-You can use the `{url}` and `{url:pretty}` variables here which will get replaced by the encoded/decoded URL.
-
 ==== positional arguments
 * +'text'+: The commandline to set.
 
@@ -742,8 +742,6 @@ Syntax: +:spawn [*--userscript*] [*--verbose*] [*--detach*] 'cmdline'+
 
 Spawn a command in a shell.
 
-Note the `{url}` and `{url:pretty}` variables might be useful here. `{url}` gets replaced by the URL in fully encoded format and `{url:pretty}` uses a "pretty form" with most percent-encoded characters decoded.
-
 ==== positional arguments
 * +'cmdline'+: The commandline to execute.
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/adblock.py b/qutebrowser/browser/adblock.py
index afdc9922e..81fc2f7e1 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/adblock.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/adblock.py
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ class HostBlocker:
     def adblock_update(self, win_id):
         """Update the adblock block lists.
 
-        This updates ~/.local/share/qutebrowser/blocked-hosts with downloaded
-        host lists and re-reads ~/.config/qutebrowser/blocked-hosts.
+        This updates `~/.local/share/qutebrowser/blocked-hosts` with downloaded
+        host lists and re-reads `~/.config/qutebrowser/blocked-hosts`.
         """
         self._read_hosts_file(self._config_hosts_file,
                               self._config_blocked_hosts)
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
index 7f6c6d4af..5dfd86242 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
@@ -1027,11 +1027,6 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
     def spawn(self, cmdline, userscript=False, verbose=False, detach=False):
         """Spawn a command in a shell.
 
-        Note the `{url}` and `{url:pretty}` variables might be useful here.
-        `{url}` gets replaced by the URL in fully encoded format and
-        `{url:pretty}` uses a "pretty form" with most percent-encoded
-        characters decoded.
-
         Args:
             userscript: Run the command as a userscript. You can use an
                         absolute path, or store the userscript in one of those
diff --git a/qutebrowser/commands/__init__.py b/qutebrowser/commands/__init__.py
index bf44e449a..70f058d82 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/commands/__init__.py
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
 Some commands are hidden, which means they don't show up in the command
 completion when pressing `:`, as they're typically not useful to run by hand.
 
-In the commandline, there are also some variables you can use:
+For command arguments, there are also some variables you can use:
 
 - `{url}` expands to the URL of the current page
 - `{url:pretty}` expands to the URL in decoded format
 - `{clipboard}` expands to the clipboard contents
 - `{primary}` expands to the primary selection contents
+
+It is possible to run or bind multiple commands by separating them with `;;`.
 """
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
index 1c01c8470..89aee870f 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.py
@@ -1401,8 +1401,7 @@ KEY_FIRST_COMMENT = """
 #
 # For simple keys (no `<>`-signs), a capital letter means the key is pressed
 # with Shift. For special keys (with `<>`-signs), you need to explicitly add
-# `Shift-` to match a key pressed with shift.  You can bind multiple commands
-# by separating them with `;;`.
+# `Shift-` to match a key pressed with shift.
 #
 # Note that default keybindings are always bound, and need to be explicitly
 # unbound if you wish to remove them:
diff --git a/qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/command.py b/qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/command.py
index df419c0dd..79a5f0305 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/command.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/mainwindow/statusbar/command.py
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ class Command(misc.MinimalLineEditMixin, misc.CommandLineEdit):
     def set_cmd_text_command(self, text, space=False, append=False):
         """Preset the statusbar to some text.
 
-        You can use the `{url}` and `{url:pretty}` variables here which will
-        get replaced by the encoded/decoded URL.
-
         //
 
         Wrapper for set_cmd_text to check the arguments and allow multiple