1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 637830704e6..5b4c4ea390e 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -5367,8 +5367,8 @@ visual lines rather than logical lines.  See the documentation of
                      Qstringp,
                      doc: /* Name of default directory of current buffer.
 It should be an absolute directory name; on GNU and Unix systems,
-these names start with `/' or `~' and end with `/'.
-To interactively change the default directory, use command `cd'. */);
+these names start with "/" or "~" and end with "/".
+To interactively change the default directory, use the command `cd'. */);
 
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("auto-fill-function", &BVAR (current_buffer, auto_fill_function),
                      Qnil,