diff --git a/app/views/play/level/tome/DocFormatter.coffee b/app/views/play/level/tome/DocFormatter.coffee
index 52c0e35d1..79cee141b 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/tome/DocFormatter.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/tome/DocFormatter.coffee
@@ -124,6 +124,28 @@ module.exports = class DocFormatter
             console.error "Couldn't create docs template of", val, "\nwith context", context, "\nError:", e
         obj[prop] = @replaceSpriteName obj[prop]  # Do this before using the template, otherwise marked might get us first.
 
+    if @doc.shortName is 'loop' and @options.level.get('type', true) in ['course', 'course-ladder']
+      @replaceSimpleLoops()
+
+  replaceSimpleLoops: ->
+    # Temporary hackery to make it look like we meant while True: in our loop: docs until we can update everything
+    @doc.shortName = @doc.shorterName = @doc.title = @doc.name = switch @options.language
+      when 'coffeescript' then "loop"
+      when 'python' then "while True:"
+      when 'lua' then "while true do"
+      when 'clojure' then "(while true)"
+      when 'io' then "while(true)"
+      else "while (true)"
+    for field in ['example', 'description']
+      [simpleLoop, whileLoop] = switch @options.language
+        when 'coffeescript' then [/loop/g, "loop"]
+        when 'python' then [/loop:/g, "while True:"]
+        when 'lua' then [/loop/g, "while true do"]
+        when 'clojure' then [/\(dotimes( \[n \d+\])?/g, "(while true"]
+        when 'io' then [/loop\(/g, "while(true,"]
+        else [/loop/g, "while (true)"]
+      @doc[field] = @doc[field].replace simpleLoop, whileLoop
+
   formatPopover: ->
     [docName, args] = @getDocNameAndArguments()
     argumentExamples = (arg.example or arg.default or arg.name for arg in @doc.args ? [])