diff --git a/doc/reference/lib/docbook-xsl-snapshot/fo/highlight.xsl b/doc/reference/lib/docbook-xsl-snapshot/fo/highlight.xsl
index cb44b43c..da81b6f9 100644
--- a/doc/reference/lib/docbook-xsl-snapshot/fo/highlight.xsl
+++ b/doc/reference/lib/docbook-xsl-snapshot/fo/highlight.xsl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 </xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template match='xslthl:string' mode="xslthl">
-  <fo:inline color="#000000"><xsl:apply-templates mode="xslthl"/></fo:inline>
+  <fo:inline color="#A31515"><xsl:apply-templates mode="xslthl"/></fo:inline>
 </xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template match='xslthl:comment' mode="xslthl">
diff --git a/doc/reference/lib/docbook-xsl-snapshot/highlighting/csharp-hl.xml b/doc/reference/lib/docbook-xsl-snapshot/highlighting/csharp-hl.xml
index 8ef5d515..db2c1fd4 100644
--- a/doc/reference/lib/docbook-xsl-snapshot/highlighting/csharp-hl.xml
+++ b/doc/reference/lib/docbook-xsl-snapshot/highlighting/csharp-hl.xml
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ Michiel Hendriks <elmuerte at users.sourceforge.net>
 		<keyword>unsafe</keyword>
 		<keyword>ushort</keyword>
 		<keyword>using</keyword>
+		<keyword>var</keyword>
 		<keyword>virtual</keyword>
 		<keyword>void</keyword>
 		<keyword>volatile</keyword>
diff --git a/doc/reference/lib/docbook-xsl-snapshot/html/highlight.xsl b/doc/reference/lib/docbook-xsl-snapshot/html/highlight.xsl
index aaca378f..c289d8a5 100644
--- a/doc/reference/lib/docbook-xsl-snapshot/html/highlight.xsl
+++ b/doc/reference/lib/docbook-xsl-snapshot/html/highlight.xsl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 </xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template match='xslthl:string' mode="xslthl">
-  <span style="color: #000000"><xsl:apply-templates mode="xslthl"/></span>
+  <span style="color: #A31515"><xsl:apply-templates mode="xslthl"/></span>
 </xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template match='xslthl:comment' mode="xslthl">