diff --git a/.rdoc_options b/.rdoc_options
index 02cf1f00d8..76c1c8e0db 100644
--- a/.rdoc_options
+++ b/.rdoc_options
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ autolink_excluded_words:
 - RDoc
 - Ruby
 - Set
+- ZJIT
 
 canonical_root: https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master
diff --git a/zjit.rb b/zjit.rb
index fc2c80c52f..7f98c5adc7 100644
--- a/zjit.rb
+++ b/zjit.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-# This module allows for introspection of \ZJIT, CRuby's just-in-time compiler.
+# This module allows for introspection of ZJIT, CRuby's just-in-time compiler.
 # Everything in the module is highly implementation specific and the API might
 # be less stable compared to the standard library.
 #
-# This module may not exist if \ZJIT does not support the particular platform
+# This module may not exist if ZJIT does not support the particular platform
 # for which CRuby is built.
 module RubyVM::ZJIT
   # Avoid calling a Ruby method here to avoid interfering with compilation tests
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ module RubyVM::ZJIT
 end
 
 class << RubyVM::ZJIT
-  # Check if \ZJIT is enabled
+  # Check if ZJIT is enabled
   def enabled?
     Primitive.cexpr! 'RBOOL(rb_zjit_enabled_p)'
   end
 
-  # Return \ZJIT statistics as a Hash
+  # Return ZJIT statistics as a Hash
   def stats
     stats = Primitive.rb_zjit_stats
     return nil if stats.nil?
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class << RubyVM::ZJIT
     stats
   end
 
-  # Get the summary of \ZJIT statistics as a String
+  # Get the summary of ZJIT statistics as a String
   def stats_string
     buf = +''
     stats = self.stats