diff --git a/doc/manpages/swift-object-relinker.1 b/doc/manpages/swift-object-relinker.1
index 8c9e395b10..8b42a6fc5e 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/swift-object-relinker.1
+++ b/doc/manpages/swift-object-relinker.1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-The relinker prepares an object server’s filesystem for a partition power
+The relinker prepares an object server's filesystem for a partition power
 change by crawling the filesystem and linking existing objects to future
 partition directories.
 
diff --git a/doc/source/api/pagination.rst b/doc/source/api/pagination.rst
index 61f92500fd..2d898b1def 100644
--- a/doc/source/api/pagination.rst
+++ b/doc/source/api/pagination.rst
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Assume the following list of container names:
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
-      # curl -i $publicURL/?limit=2&marker=oranges -X GET -H \”
+      # curl -i $publicURL/?limit=2&marker=oranges -X GET -H \"
         X-Auth-Token: $token"
 
    .. code-block:: console
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Assume the following list of container names:
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
-      # curl -i $publicURL/?end_marker=oranges -X GET -H \”
+      # curl -i $publicURL/?end_marker=oranges -X GET -H \"
        X-Auth-Token: $token"
 
    .. code-block:: console
diff --git a/doc/source/api/serialized-response-formats.rst b/doc/source/api/serialized-response-formats.rst
index 59951ed6af..b0bc7d728e 100644
--- a/doc/source/api/serialized-response-formats.rst
+++ b/doc/source/api/serialized-response-formats.rst
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ response:
 .. code-block:: console
 
    $ curl -i $publicURL -X GET -H "X-Auth-Token: $token" -H \
-     ”Accept: application/xml; charset=utf-8"
+     "Accept: application/xml; charset=utf-8"
 
 .. code-block:: console