diff --git a/std/array.d b/std/array.d
index 2a6d087ab..a62e87814 100644
--- a/std/array.d
+++ b/std/array.d
@@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ if (isNarrowString!String)
 /**
 Returns a newly allocated associative _array from a range of key/value tuples.
 
-Params: r = An input range of tuples of keys and values.
+Params:
+    r = An $(REF_ALTTEXT input range, isInputRange, std,range,primitives)
+    of tuples of keys and values.
 Returns: A newly allocated associative array out of elements of the input
 range, which must be a range of tuples (Key, Value). Returns a null associative
 array reference when given an empty range.
@@ -410,8 +412,8 @@ Construct a range iterating over an associative array by key/value tuples.
 
 Params: aa = The associative array to iterate over.
 
-Returns: A forward range of Tuple's of key and value pairs from the given
-associative array.
+Returns: A $(REF_ALTTEXT forward range, isForwardRange, std,_range,primitives)
+of Tuple's of key and value pairs from the given associative array.
 */
 auto byPair(Key, Value)(Value[Key] aa)
 {
@@ -836,7 +838,8 @@ private void copyBackwards(T)(T[] src, T[] dest)
     Params:
         array = The array that $(D stuff) will be inserted into.
         pos   = The position in $(D array) to insert the $(D stuff).
-        stuff = An input range, or any number of implicitly convertible items to insert into $(D array).
+        stuff = An $(REF_ALTTEXT input range, isInputRange, std,range,primitives),
+        or any number of implicitly convertible items to insert into $(D array).
  +/
 void insertInPlace(T, U...)(ref T[] array, size_t pos, U stuff)
 if (!isSomeString!(T[])
@@ -1563,7 +1566,8 @@ private enum bool hasCheapIteration(R) = isArray!R;
    into one array using `sep` as the separator if present.
 
    Params:
-        ror = An input range of input ranges
+        ror = An $(REF_ALTTEXT input range, isInputRange, std,range,primitives)
+        of input ranges
         sep = An input range, or a single element, to join the ranges on
 
    Returns:
diff --git a/std/conv.d b/std/conv.d
index bdd913dad..dc8dbb005 100644
--- a/std/conv.d
+++ b/std/conv.d
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ This overload converts an character input range to a `bool`.
 
 Params:
     Target = the type to convert to
-    source = the lvalue of an input range
+    source = the lvalue of an $(REF_ALTTEXT input range, isInputRange, std,range,primitives)
 
 Returns:
     A `bool`
@@ -1972,7 +1972,8 @@ Lerr:
 }
 
 /**
-Parses a character input range to an integral value.
+Parses a character $(REF_ALTTEXT input range, isInputRange, std,range,primitives)
+to an integral value.
 
 Params:
     Target = the integral type to convert to
@@ -3237,7 +3238,7 @@ Parsing one character off a range returns the first element and calls `popFront`
 
 Params:
     Target = the type to convert to
-    s = the lvalue of an input range
+    s = the lvalue of an $(REF_ALTTEXT input range, isInputRange, std,range,primitives)
 
 Returns:
     A character of type `Target`
@@ -3339,7 +3340,7 @@ spells `"null"`. This function is case insensitive.
 
 Params:
     Target = the type to convert to
-    s = the lvalue of an input range
+    s = the lvalue of an $(REF_ALTTEXT input range, isInputRange, std,range,primitives)
 
 Returns:
     `null`
diff --git a/std/string.d b/std/string.d
index eb6801dcc..f2751e9b2 100644
--- a/std/string.d
+++ b/std/string.d
@@ -2861,7 +2861,8 @@ if (isConvertibleToString!Range)
     Strips leading whitespace (as defined by $(REF isWhite, std,uni)).
 
     Params:
-        input = string or ForwardRange of characters
+        input = string or $(REF_ALTTEXT forward range, isForwardRange, std,range,primitives)
+        of characters
 
     Returns: $(D input) stripped of leading whitespace.
 
@@ -3414,7 +3415,8 @@ if (isConvertibleToString!Range)
     $(D delimiter), then it is returned unchanged.
 
     Params:
-        str = string or forward range of characters
+        str = string or $(REF_ALTTEXT forward range, isForwardRange, std,range,primitives)
+        of characters
         delimiter = string of characters to be sliced off front of str[]
 
     Returns:
@@ -3840,7 +3842,8 @@ if (isSomeString!S)
     $(D s) doesn't fill.
 
     Params:
-        r = string or forward range of characters
+        r = string or $(REF_ALTTEXT forward range, isForwardRange, std,range,primitives)
+        of characters
         width = minimum field width
         fillChar = used to pad end up to $(D width) characters
 
@@ -4066,7 +4069,8 @@ unittest
     $(D r) doesn't fill.
 
     Params:
-        r = string or forward range of characters
+        r = string or $(REF_ALTTEXT forward range, isForwardRange, std,range,primitives)
+        of characters
         width = minimum field width
         fillChar = used to pad end up to $(D width) characters
 
@@ -4226,7 +4230,7 @@ if ((isForwardRange!Range && isSomeChar!(ElementEncodingType!Range))
     necessary to align the following character at the next tab stop.
 
     Params:
-        r = string or forward range
+        r = string or $(REF_ALTTEXT forward range, isForwardRange, std,range,primitives)
         tabSize = distance between tab stops
 
     Returns:
@@ -4455,7 +4459,7 @@ if (!(isForwardRange!Range && isSomeChar!(ElementEncodingType!Range)) &&
     All spaces and tabs at the end of a line are removed.
 
     Params:
-        r = string or forward range
+        r = string or $(REF_ALTTEXT forward range, isForwardRange, std,range,primitives)
         tabSize = distance between tab stops
 
     Returns: