--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-01-05  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
+
+	* doc/interpreter/numbers.txi, doc/interpreter/obsolete.txi,
+	doc/interpreter/oop.txi, doc/interpreter/stats.txi: Use @headitem
+	macro to create column heads for @multitable entries.
+
 2011-01-05  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
 
 	* interpreter/grammar.txi: Update list of keywords in grammar.

--- a/doc/interpreter/numbers.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/numbers.txi
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@
 and their returned data types are
 
 @multitable @columnfractions .2 .3 .3 .2
-@item @tab Mixed Operation @tab Result @tab 
+@headitem @tab Mixed Operation @tab Result @tab 
 @item @tab double OP single @tab single @tab
 @item @tab double OP integer @tab integer @tab
 @item @tab double OP char @tab double @tab

--- a/doc/interpreter/obsolete.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/obsolete.txi
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 as the obsolete function, but should provide equivalent functionality.
 
 @multitable @columnfractions .3 .3 .15
-@item @strong{Obsolete Function} @tab @strong{Replacement} @tab @strong{Version}
+@headitem Obsolete Function @tab Replacement @tab Version
 @item @code{beta_cdf} @tab @code{betacdf} @tab 3.4.0
 @item @code{beta_inv} @tab @code{betainv} @tab 3.4.0
 @item @code{beta_pdf} @tab @code{betapdf} @tab 3.4.0

--- a/doc/interpreter/oop.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/oop.txi
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
 @end tex
 @ifnottex
 @multitable @columnfractions .1 .20 .20 .40 .1
-@item @tab Operation @tab Method @tab Description @tab
+@headitem @tab Operation @tab Method @tab Description @tab
 @item @tab a + b @tab plus (a, b) @tab Binary addition @tab
 @item @tab a - b @tab minus (a, b) @tab Binary subtraction operator @tab
 @item @tab + a @tab uplus (a) @tab Unary addition operator @tab

--- a/doc/interpreter/stats.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/stats.txi
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@
 @end tex
 @ifnottex
 @multitable @columnfractions .31 .23 .23 .23
-@item @strong{Distribution}
-  @tab @strong{PDF}
-  @tab @strong{CDF}
-  @tab @strong{Quantile}
+@headitem Distribution
+  @tab PDF
+  @tab CDF
+  @tab Quantile
 @item Beta Distribution
   @tab @code{betapdf}
   @tab @code{betacdf}
@@ -481,8 +481,8 @@
 @end tex
 @ifnottex
 @multitable @columnfractions .4 .5
-@item @strong{Hypothesis}
-  @tab @strong{Test Functions}
+@headitem Hypothesis
+  @tab Test Functions
 @item Equal mean values
   @tab @code{anova}, @code{hotelling_test2}, @code{t_test_2},
        @code{welch_test}, @code{wilcoxon_test}, @code{z_test_2}
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
 @end tex
 @ifnottex
 @multitable @columnfractions .4 .3
-@item @strong{Distribution}             @tab @strong{Function}
+@headitem Distribution                  @tab Function
 @item Beta Distribution                 @tab @code{betarnd}
 @item Binomial Distribution             @tab @code{binornd}
 @item Cauchy Distribution               @tab @code{cauchy_rnd}