A Makyoh-topography study of grooves scribed and etched in semiconductor wafers is presented. It is shown that scribing induces singular deformation of the wafer; the Makyoh image results in as an overlap or shifting aside of the images of the surface areas separated by the scratch. Etching does not induce any stress; the Makyoh image is a diffraction pattern of the etched groove. Possibilities of the use of Makyoh for detecting scratches in mirror-like surfaces are discussed.