1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/sql.el b/lisp/progmodes/sql.el
index f46c8a99b67..cbf65c0a803 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/sql.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/sql.el
@@ -4276,7 +4276,7 @@ passed as command line arguments."
     ;; work for remote hosts; we suppress the check there.
     (unless (or (file-remote-p default-directory)
                 (executable-find program))
-      (error "Unable to locate SQL program ‘%s’" program))
+      (error "Unable to locate SQL program `%s'" program))
     ;; Make sure buffer name is unique.
     (when (sql-buffer-live-p (format "*%s*" buf-name))
       (setq buf-name (format "SQL-%s" product))