1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
index 3b124ccd902..efc6555ae93 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/ispell.el
@@ -408,9 +408,9 @@ for language-specific arguments.")
 ;;;###autoload
 (defvar ispell-dictionary-alist-1       ; sk  9-Aug-1991 18:28
   '((nil                                ; default (english.aff)
-     "[A-Za-z]" "[^A-Za-z]" "[---']" nil ("-B") nil)
+     "[A-Za-z]" "[^A-Za-z]" "[']" nil ("-B") nil)
     ("english"                          ; make english explicitly selectable
-     "[A-Za-z]" "[^A-Za-z]" "[---']" nil ("-B") nil)
+     "[A-Za-z]" "[^A-Za-z]" "[']" nil ("-B") nil)
     ("deutsch"                          ; deutsch.aff
      "[a-zA-Z\"]" "[^a-zA-Z\"]" "[---']" t ("-C") nil)
     ("deutsch8"